CVE-2025-11987
BaseFortify
Publication date: 2025-11-05
Last updated on: 2025-11-06
Assigner: Wordfence
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| wordpress | visual_link_preview | * |
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Exploitability
| 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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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
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.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
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.