Description
The Link Whisper Free plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the user_id parameter in all versions up to, and including, 0.9.0 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.
Published: 2026-05-29
Score: 7.2 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Fri, 29 May 2026 14:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linkwhisper
Linkwhisper link Whisper Free
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Linkwhisper
Linkwhisper link Whisper Free
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress

Fri, 29 May 2026 11:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 29 May 2026 07:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Link Whisper Free plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the user_id parameter in all versions up to, and including, 0.9.0 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.
Title Link Whisper Free <= 0.9.0 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


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Linkwhisper Link Whisper Free
Wordpress Wordpress
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-29T10:05:36.023Z

Reserved: 2025-10-03T14:09:32.758Z

Link: CVE-2025-11262

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-29T10:05:31.002Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-05-29T08:16:17.497

Modified: 2026-05-29T13:09:05.450

Link: CVE-2025-11262

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-29T14:30:36Z

Weaknesses