CVE-2025-11263 (GCVE-0-2025-11263)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-06 03:27 – Updated: 2025-12-06 03:27
VLAI?
Summary
The Link Whisper Free plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the type parameter in all versions up to, and including, 0.8.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Severity ?
6.1 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| linkwhspr | Link Whisper Free |
Affected:
* , ≤ 0.8.8
(semver)
|
Credits
Nicolai Hellesnes
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Sightings
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Nomenclature
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- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
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- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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