Cross-site scripting in brechtvds Visual Link Preview
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- 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-80.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- 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-2025-11987
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wjrf-gc3h-428q
References
Other 4
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/65ae3119-61d1-4ec0-8ba2-352aae5cc834?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/visual-link-preview/tags/2.2.7/templates/link/simple/simple.php#L1
- 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/changeset/3388877/visual-link-preview/trunk/templates/link/simple/simple.php
More brechtvds vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-14166 WP Recipe Maker <= 10.2.2 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Sensitive Information Exposure CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
- TI-2026-60443 WP Recipe Maker <= 10.8.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via Recipe Comment Content CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2024-01121 WP Recipe Maker <= 9.1.2 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injecton CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-08952 WP Recipe Maker <= 9.6.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'tooltip' CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2026-01247 Authorization bypass in brechtvds WP Recipe Maker CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2024-03772 WP Ultimate Post Grid <= 3.9.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via wpupg-text Shortcode CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
Sources
- CVE-2025-11987 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-11987 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wjrf-gc3h-428q · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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