Description
The Visual Link Preview plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's visual-link-preview shortcode in versions up to, and including, 2.2.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. 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.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 6.4/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| brechtvds | Visual Link Preview | <= 2.2.7 |
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/visual-link-preview/tags/2.2.7/includes/public/class-vlp-link.php#L56
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/visual-link-preview/tags/2.2.7/templates/link/simple/simple.php#L1
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3388877/visual-link-preview/trunk/templates/link/simple/simple.php
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/65ae3119-61d1-4ec0-8ba2-352aae5cc834?source=cve
Timeline
- Published
- Nov 5, 2025
- Last modified
- Oct 18, 2026
- NVD status
- Deferred