Plugins · g-business-reviews-rating · data as of 2026-11-04
Is Reviews and Rating safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version
- Latest version
- 6.1
- Last updated
- 2026-09-01
- Active installs
- 20,000+
- Known issues on record
- 3
- Unpatched in latest
- 0
- Tested up to WP
- 7.1.4 · PHP 7.4+
Completely restriction-free Google reviews and rating as Block or Shortcode. Extensive display options; delicious themes; includes Structured Data. — by Noah Hearle
What to do
- Update to the latest version (6.1). Anything older than 6.0 has at least one known issue listed below. Dashboard → Updates, or Plugins → “update now”.
- If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can.
- Turn on auto-updates for it: Plugins → “Enable auto-updates” on its row.
- If you ran a vulnerable version and something looks off (spam pages, strange admins, redirects), run the free scan.
With WP-CLI: wp plugin get g-business-reviews-rating --field=version shows what you run; wp plugin update g-business-reviews-rating updates it.
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Known vulnerabilities
3 on record, newest first. “Affected” is the version range the source gives; “fixed in” is the version the source names, or (marked *) the first wordpress.org release after the last affected version.
medium 6.4 CVE-2026-2388 · published 2026-08-26
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Reviews and Rating (5.10 and older)
- Affected
- 5.10 and older
- Fixed in
- 6.0 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence
Details from the advisory
The Reviews and Rating – Google Reviews plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to, and including, 5.10. This is due to the wp_display() shortcode handler, used by multiple shortcodes, allowing attacker-controlled html_tags values to define raw HTML tags and then embedding untrusted vicinity content inside those tags. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
medium 5.4 CVE-2023-23986 · published 2024-12-09
Missing authorization check in Reviews and Rating (4.14 and older)
- Affected
- 4.14 and older
- Fixed in
- 4.15 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- advisory text · score by Patchstack
Details from the advisory
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Noah Hearle, Design Extreme Reviews and Rating – Google My Business allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Reviews and Rating – Google My Business: from n/a through 4.14.
medium 6.4 CVE-2024-5218 · published 2024-05-25
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Reviews and Rating (5.2 and older)
- Affected
- 5.2 and older
- Fixed in
- 5.3 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence
Details from the advisory
The Reviews and Rating – Google Reviews plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's file upload feature in all versions up to, and including, 5.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
NVD CVE-2024-5218Wordfence advisoryCode change (fix)Plugin source
Recent activity
- 2026-09-01 — latest release on wordpress.org (6.1).
- 2026-08-26 — Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2026-2388), fixed in 6.0.
- 2024-12-09 — Missing authorization check disclosed (CVE-2023-23986), fixed in 4.15.
- 2024-05-25 — Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2024-5218), fixed in 5.3.
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Browse vulnerabilities
- Published this week
- Unpatched in the latest version
- By type of vulnerability
- Plugins by Noah Hearle (2 tracked)
Types found in this plugin: Cross-site scripting (XSS) (2) · Missing authorization (1)
Where this data comes from
- Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/g-business-reviews-rating (Plugins API), fetched 2026-11-04.
- Vulnerabilities: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), checked 2026-11-04. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- Each record links to its CVE page and to the original advisory (Wordfence, Patchstack or WPScan) where there is one. We only list a CVE here when its references or its advisory name this exact plugin, so a few real issues may be missing; none should be about a different plugin. Spot an error? Email Daniel.
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