CVE-2026-2288
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-79
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Publication date:
27/05/2026
Last modified:
27/05/2026
Description
The myLinksDump plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'link_title' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
4.80
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mylinksdump/tags/1.6/myLinksDump.php#L325
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mylinksdump/tags/1.6/myLinksDump.php#L557
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mylinksdump/trunk/myLinksDump.php#L325
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mylinksdump/trunk/myLinksDump.php#L557
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/efd18739-3cd1-486c-9587-8deba5a0940e?source=cve



