CVE-2025-11987 json
Visual Link Preview <= 2.2.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via visual-link-preview Shortcode
published 2025-11-05 12 mo ago modified 2026-10-18 21 d ago also EUVD-2025-37772
- cvss
- 6.4
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 15%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
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.
Patch / fix
- bootstrapped visual_link_preview 2.2.8
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 12 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 15% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 6.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
Affected products
- brechtvds Visual Link Preview
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-80 Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page
- Technology feeds
References
- wordfence.com /threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/65ae3119-61d1-4ec0-8ba2-352aae5cc834?source=cve
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/visual-link-preview/tags/2.2.7/templates/link/simple/simple.php#L1
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/visual-link-preview/tags/2.2.7/includes/public/class-vlp-link.php#L56
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /changeset/3388877/visual-link-preview/trunk/templates/link/simple/simple.php
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-11987
- NVD CVE-2025-11987
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CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.