WordPress Link Whisper Free plugin <= 0.8.8 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

published 2026-01-08 10 mo ago modified 2026-10-07 33 d ago also EUVD-2026-1552

cvss: 7.1; 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 12%
public exploits: 0; none known

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Spencer Haws Link Whisper Free link-whisper allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Link Whisper Free: from n/a through <= 0.8.8.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Spencer Haws Link Whisper Free 0.8.9

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 10 mo ago (2026-01-08)

Exploit prediction

0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 12% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected products

Spencer Haws Link Whisper Free

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

patchstack.com /database/Wordpress/Plugin/link-whisper/vulnerability/wordpress-link-whisper-free-plugin-0-8-8-cross-site-scri
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2025-67927
NVD CVE-2025-67927

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Summary