CVE-2025-14891 ivole CVE debrief

Who should care

Defenders responsible for WordPress installations with the Customer Reviews for WooCommerce plugin should assess exposure and prioritize verification and remediation efforts. This includes reviewing the plugin version, user roles, and access controls to prevent exploitation. Additionally, defenders should monitor for suspicious activity related to the plugin and review compensating controls for exposed systems.

Why it matters

The Customer Reviews for WooCommerce plugin vulnerability allows attackers to inject malicious scripts, potentially leading to security breaches.

• Authenticated attackers with customer-level access and above can inject arbitrary web scripts.
• The injected scripts will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
• Defenders need to verify the presence of this vulnerability in their WordPress installations.
• Remediation priority is high for WordPress installations with untrusted user access.

Technical summary

The Customer Reviews for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'displayName' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 5.93.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This vulnerability allows attackers to inject malicious scripts, potentially leading to security breaches. The injected scripts can be used to steal user credentials, take control of the user's session, or perform other malicious actions. Defenders should prioritize verifying the presence of this vulnerability in their WordPress installations and assess exposure based on the plugin version and user roles.

Defensive priority

Defenders should prioritize verifying the presence of this vulnerability in their WordPress installations and assess exposure based on the plugin version and user roles.

Recommended defensive actions

• Verify the version of the Customer Reviews for WooCommerce plugin and upgrade to a patched version if necessary.
• Restrict access to the plugin's functionality based on user roles.
• Monitor for suspicious activity related to the plugin.
• Review compensating controls for exposed systems while remediation is scheduled and verified.
• Check relevant monitoring, detection, and logs for exposed assets that need extra review.
• Track exceptions, retest remediated assets, and close the item only after evidence is documented.
• Confirm whether affected product deployments exist in managed environments and assign an owner for follow-up.

Evidence notes

The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with customer-level access and above to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The injected scripts can be used to steal user credentials, take control of the user's session, or perform other malicious actions. Defenders should verify the presence of this vulnerability in their WordPress installations and assess exposure based on the plugin version and user roles.

Sources and references

Methodology and review provenance

AI-assisted synthesis based on stored public vulnerability evidence. System validation, approval state, and publication status do not by themselves establish human review of this revision. PatchSiren helps prioritize defensive review and does not prove exposure or remediation on any system.