Reviews Feed: A security weakness
Reviews Feed is affected by a security weakness. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation. The published affected range is < 2.6.5.
- Component
- Reviews Feed
- Plugin slug
reviews-feed- Affected
- < 2.6.5
- Safe version
2.6.5- Published
- Jul 20, 2026
This CVE was published Jul 20, 2026 and is one of 3 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Reviews Feed to 2.6.5 or later, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
A safe version is available, so updating to that version or later is the preferred remediation. If an immediate update is not practical, consider a targeted application patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The Reviews Feed WordPress plugin before 2.6.5 does not neutralize WordPress shortcodes contained in third-party review content before rendering it through its dynamic block, allowing unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes on pages that display the feed by planting a shortcode in a review on the connected source.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N