Strong Testimonials <= 3.2.16 — Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution
CVE-2025-11268Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤3.2.16Update to 3.2.17 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium4.3
- CVSS
- 4.3CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:RUser interaction- Required
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
Strong Testimonials strong-testimonials
- Affected≤ 3.2.16
- Patched in3.2.17
Update to 3.2.17 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 3.2.16. Version 3.2.17 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Strong Testimonials.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 3.2.17, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Strong Testimonials to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to hashiramasenju333.
The Strong Testimonials plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.16. This is due to the software allowing users to submit a testimonial in which a value is not properly validated or sanitized prior to being passed to a do_shortcode call. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes if an administrator previews or publishes a crafted testimonial.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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|---|---|---|---|
| High7.2 | Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'star_rating' Parameter ≤3.3.16Update to 3.3.17 | CVE-2026-115811 | |
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤3.3.15Update to 3.3.16 | CVE-2026-114706 | |
| Medium4.3 | Missing Authorization ≤3.3.14Update to 3.3.15 | CVE-2026-112843 | |
| High7.2 | Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤3.3.12Update to 3.3.13 | CVE-2026-107435 | |
| High7.5 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) PHP Object Injection ≤3.3.12Update to 3.3.13 | CVE-2026-107436 |
- High7.2Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'star_rating' Parameter
≤3.3.16Update to 3.3.17
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
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- Medium4.3Missing Authorization
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- High7.2Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
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- High7.5Authenticated (Subscriber+) PHP Object Injection
≤3.3.12Update to 3.3.13
Same weakness (Cross-Site Scripting)
All Cross-Site Scripting| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| High7.2 | Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment User-Agent Header | CVE-2026-120688 | |
| Critical9.8 | Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload via File Upload via Public Form Submission | CVE-2026-125055 | |
| Critical9.8 | Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection to Remote Code Execution via 'form' Parameter | CVE-2026-119077 | |
| Medium5.3 | Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure in 'search' Parameter | CVE-2026-121518 |
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 4.3
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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