CVE-2026-75528

Broken Link Checker <= 2.4.13 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Author URL / Link Log

HIGH
7.2
CVSS Score
Published: September 2, 2026 at 07:39 AM UTC
Updated: September 2, 2026 at 02:02 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorBroken Link Checker

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Severity
HIGH7.2
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

The Broken Link Checker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Author URL / Link Log in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.13 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. Exploitation requires an administrator to perform the plugin's standard dismiss-and-recheck workflow on a link submitted by the attacker via the WordPress comment author URL field, after which the attacker's HTTP server issues a redirect to a URL containing an HTML/JavaScript payload that is stored verbatim in the link log.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≤ 2.4.13

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

7.2HIGHWordfence
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-79

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