WordPress Visual Link Preview plugin <= 2.2.9 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Priority LOW 29CWE-862Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Brecht Visual Link Preview visual-link-preview allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Visual Link Preview: from n/a through <= 2.2.9.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00349 28th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
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-2026-24984
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8w4r-hqf6-jg5f
More Brecht vulnerabilities
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- TI-2026-28639 WordPress Visual Link Preview plugin <= 2.3.0 - Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.0
- TI-2025-39046 WordPress WP Recipe Maker plugin < 10.1.0 - Content Injection vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2026-19630 WordPress WP Recipe Maker plugin <= 10.2.4 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
Sources
- CVE-2026-24984 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-24984 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8w4r-hqf6-jg5f · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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