Medium severity6.4NVD Advisory· Published Jan 9, 2026· Updated Apr 15, 2026

CVE-2025-13853

Description

The Nearby Now Reviews plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'data_tech' parameter of the nn-tech shortcode 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 Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Affected products

WordPress/Nearby Now Reviewsllm-fuzzy
Range: <=5.2
Package: https://wordpress.org/plugins/nearby-now-reviews

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nearby-now-reviews/tags/5.2/nn-reviews.phpnvd
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nearby-now-reviews/trunk/nn-reviews.phpnvd
www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8dc991ea-0d00-4734-9b9a-5af759e83540nvd

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