Link Whisper Free <= 0.9.0 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The Link Whisper Free plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the user_id parameter in all versions up to, and including, 0.9.0 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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-11262
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7h4c-hr9j-8q85
References
More linkwhspr vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-02508 Link Whisper Free <= 0.7.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) PHP Object Injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2025-10312 Link Whisper Free <= 0.8.8 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
Sources
- CVE-2025-11262 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-11262 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7h4c-hr9j-8q85 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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