CVE-2025-11987
Visual Link Preview <= 2.2.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via visual-link-preview Shortcode
CVSS Score
6.4
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
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.
| CWE | CWE-80 |
| Vendor | brechtvds |
| Product | visual link preview |
| Published | Nov 5, 2025 |
| Last Updated | Apr 8, 2026 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Affected Versions
brechtvds / Visual Link Preview
0 ≤ 2.2.7
References
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/65ae3119-61d1-4ec0-8ba2-352aae5cc834?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/visual-link-preview/tags/2.2.7/templates/link/simple/simple.php#L1 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/visual-link-preview/tags/2.2.7/includes/public/class-vlp-link.php#L56 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3388877/visual-link-preview/trunk/templates/link/simple/simple.php
Credits
Rafshanzani Suhada