CVE-2025-11987
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Publication date: 2025-11-05

Last updated on: 2025-11-06

Assigner: Wordfence

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.
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Published
2025-11-05
Last Modified
2025-11-06
Generated
2026-06-16
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2025-11-05
EPSS Evaluated
2026-06-15
NVD
CVE-2025-11987
EUVD
EUVD-2025-37772
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wordpress visual_link_preview *
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CWE ID Description
CWE-80 The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages.
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Executive Summary

This vulnerability is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue in the Visual Link Preview plugin for WordPress, affecting versions up to and including 2.2.7. It occurs because the plugin does not properly sanitize or escape user-supplied attributes in its visual-link-preview shortcode. As a result, authenticated users with contributor-level access or higher can inject malicious scripts into pages, which will execute whenever any user views those pages.

Impact Analysis

The vulnerability allows attackers with contributor-level access or higher to inject arbitrary scripts into WordPress pages. This can lead to unauthorized actions such as stealing user credentials, session hijacking, defacement, or spreading malware to visitors of the affected pages. It compromises the integrity and security of the website and its users.

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