The Editorial Rating – Product Review & Rating System plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'Link URL' Field in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The WordPress unfiltered_html capability exemption does not apply here because the payload is stored in post meta (_wpas_er_options via update_post_meta) rather than in post_content or post_excerpt, meaning the restriction affects all administrators regardless of their unfiltered_html status.
CVE-2026-12560
MEDIUMPre-NVD 4.44.4—Trending — 4 sources updated this week
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence
Score 4.4 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-06-30. a secondary CVSS source baseline 4.4; sources differ by 0.0.
Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
4.4
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 4.4Exploit: NoneExposed: 0
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 4.4
- EG Score
- 4.4(high)
- EPSS
- 15.0%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
June 30, 2026
Last Modified
July 1, 2026
References (9)
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/editorial-rating/tags/4.0.3/admin/wpas-framework/options/metabox-options.php#L446
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/editorial-rating/tags/4.0.3/public/class-average-score-public_display.php#L90
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/editorial-rating/tags/4.0.3/public/template-parts/wpas-theme-1.php#L57
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/editorial-rating/tags/4.0.3/public/template-parts/wpas-theme-1.php#L87
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/editorial-rating/tags/4.0.5/admin/wpas-framework/options/metabox-options.php#L446
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/editorial-rating/tags/4.0.5/public/class-average-score-public_display.php#L90
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/editorial-rating/tags/4.0.5/public/template-parts/wpas-theme-1.php#L57
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/editorial-rating/tags/4.0.5/public/template-parts/wpas-theme-1.php#L87
- security@wordfencehttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/26c63d73-6ce2-4b3a-b0d9-29f7d9b368d5?source=cve
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-12560(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 22× in last 7d / 22× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-06 12:52 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-06 12:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-05 11:47 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-05 11:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-04 10:45 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-04 10:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-03 09:39 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-03 09:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-02 08:37 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-02 08:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-01 15:06 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-01 15:06 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-01 07:33 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-01 07:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-06-30 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-30 06:31 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-06-30 06:31 UTCNVD updatefirst tracked
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Frequently asked(5)
What is CVE-2026-12560?
CVE-2026-12560 is a medium vulnerability published on June 30, 2026. The Editorial Rating – Product Review & Rating System plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'Link URL' Field in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers,…
When was CVE-2026-12560 disclosed?
CVE-2026-12560 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 30, 2026, with the most recent update on July 1, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-12560 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-12560 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 15.0% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-12560?
CVE-2026-12560 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.4 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-12560?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-12560, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.
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