Is WP Google Review Slider safe to use?

Laskyr does not give safety verdicts. No known unpatched vulnerabilities in the latest version (18.11). As of 2026-11-04. 10 issues are on record for older versions; version 18.5 or newer fixes all of them that state a fix. Keep WP Google Review Slider on the latest version (18.11) and remove it if you do not use it.

Which versions of WP Google Review Slider are vulnerable?

Known issues on record (newest first): SQL injection (18.4 and older, fixed in 18.5); Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) (18.4 and older, fixed in 18.5); Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) (18.1 and older, fixed in 18.2); Cross-site scripting (XSS) (18.0 and older, fixed in 18.1); Missing authorization check (17.4 and older, fixed in 17.6); Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) (older than 15.6, fixed in 15.6). The full list with sources is on this page.

What is the latest version of WP Google Review Slider?

18.11, according to wordpress.org (last updated 2026-11-03). It has 30,000+ active installs.

What should I do if my WP Google Review Slider is out of date?

Take a backup, then update it from Dashboard > Updates (or run wp plugin update wp-google-places-review-slider). If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can. If you think the site was already attacked, run a free scan at https://laskyr.com/scan.

Plugins · wp-google-places-review-slider · data as of 2026-11-04

Is WP Google Review Slider safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version

Latest version: 18.11
Last updated: 2026-11-03
Active installs: 30,000+
Known issues on record: 10
Unpatched in latest: 0
Tested up to WP: 7.0.8

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What to do

Update to the latest version (18.11). Anything older than 18.5 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 wp-google-places-review-slider --field=version shows what you run; wp plugin update wp-google-places-review-slider updates it.

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Known vulnerabilities

10 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.

high 7.6 CVE-2026-66427 · published 2026-07-27

SQL injection in WP Google Review Slider (18.4 and older)

Affected: 18.4 and older
Fixed in: 18.5
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs an admin-level account
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack

Details from the advisory

Administrator SQL Injection in WP Google Review Slider <= 18.4 versions.

NVD CVE-2026-66427 Patchstack advisory

medium 4.3 CVE-2026-66428 · published 2026-07-27

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) in WP Google Review Slider (18.4 and older)

Affected: 18.4 and older
Fixed in: 18.5
Access needed (per CVSS): No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack

Details from the advisory

Unauthenticated Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in WP Google Review Slider <= 18.4 versions.

NVD CVE-2026-66428 Patchstack advisory

medium 6.1 CVE-2026-13015 · published 2026-07-01

Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) in WP Google Review Slider (18.1 and older)

Affected: 18.1 and older
Fixed in: 18.2 *
Access needed (per CVSS): No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence

Details from the advisory

The Wp Google Places Review Slider plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'place' parameter in versions up to, and including, 18.1. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in admin/partials/googlecrawl_dfs.php, where the $_GET['place'] value is URL-decoded, stripslashes()'d, and echoed directly into an HTML value attribute with no esc_attr() call when the supplied place is not already a stored key in the wprev_google_crawls option. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a specially crafted link.

NVD CVE-2026-13015 Wordfence advisory Code change (fix)Plugin source

medium 6.3 CVE-2026-39451 · published 2026-06-15

Cross-site scripting (XSS) in WP Google Review Slider (18.0 and older)

Affected: 18.0 and older
Fixed in: 18.1
Access needed (per CVSS): No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack

Details from the advisory

Unauthenticated Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in WP Google Review Slider <= 18.0 versions.

NVD CVE-2026-39451 Patchstack advisory

medium 5.4 CVE-2025-66063 · published 2025-11-21

Missing authorization check in WP Google Review Slider (17.4 and older)

Affected: 17.4 and older
Fixed in: 17.6
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack

Details from the advisory

Missing Authorization vulnerability in jgwhite33 WP Google Review Slider wp-google-places-review-slider allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects WP Google Review Slider: from n/a through <= 17.4.

NVD CVE-2025-66063 Patchstack advisory

medium 4.8 CVE-2024-11109 · published 2025-05-15

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in WP Google Review Slider (older than 15.6)

Affected: older than 15.6
Fixed in: 15.6
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs an admin-level account; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by CISA ADP

Details from the advisory

The WP Google Review Slider WordPress plugin before 15.6 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

NVD CVE-2024-11109 WPScan advisory

high 8.2 CVE-2025-30783 · published 2025-03-27

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) in WP Google Review Slider (16.0 and older)

Affected: 16.0 and older
Fixed in: 16.1
Access needed (per CVSS): No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack

Details from the advisory

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in jgwhite33 WP Google Review Slider wp-google-places-review-slider allows SQL Injection.This issue affects WP Google Review Slider: from n/a through <= 16.0.

NVD CVE-2025-30783 Patchstack advisory

medium 5.9 CVE-2024-2310 · published 2024-04-26

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in WP Google Review Slider (older than 13.6)

Affected: older than 13.6
Fixed in: 13.6
Access needed (per CVSS): No login needed
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by CISA ADP

Details from the advisory

The WP Google Review Slider WordPress plugin before 13.6 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

NVD CVE-2024-2310 WPScan advisory

high 8.8 CVE-2023-0259 · published 2023-02-13

SQL injection in WP Google Review Slider (older than 11.8)

Affected: older than 11.8
Fixed in: 11.8
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD

Details from the advisory

The WP Google Review Slider WordPress plugin before 11.8 does not properly sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement, leading to a SQL injection exploitable by users with a role as low as subscriber.

NVD CVE-2023-0259 WPScan advisory

medium 4.8 CVE-2022-4242 · published 2022-12-26

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in WP Google Review Slider (older than 11.6)

Affected: older than 11.6
Fixed in: 11.6
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs an admin-level account; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD

Details from the advisory

The WP Google Review Slider WordPress plugin before 11.6 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

NVD CVE-2022-4242 WPScan advisory

Recent activity

2026-11-03 — latest release on wordpress.org (18.11).
2026-07-27 — SQL injection disclosed (CVE-2026-66427), fixed in 18.5.
2026-07-27 — Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) disclosed (CVE-2026-66428), fixed in 18.5.
2026-07-01 — Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2026-13015), fixed in 18.2.

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Types found in this plugin: Cross-site scripting (XSS) (5) · SQL injection (2) · Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) (2) · Missing authorization (1)

Where this data comes from

Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/wp-google-places-review-slider (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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Is WP Google Review Slider safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version

No known unpatched vulnerabilities in the latest version (18.11)

What to do

Check your version

Known vulnerabilities

SQL injection in WP Google Review Slider (18.4 and older)

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) in WP Google Review Slider (18.4 and older)

Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) in WP Google Review Slider (18.1 and older)

Cross-site scripting (XSS) in WP Google Review Slider (18.0 and older)

Missing authorization check in WP Google Review Slider (17.4 and older)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in WP Google Review Slider (older than 15.6)

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) in WP Google Review Slider (16.0 and older)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in WP Google Review Slider (older than 13.6)

SQL injection in WP Google Review Slider (older than 11.8)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in WP Google Review Slider (older than 11.6)

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