High severity · published Sep 2, 2026
CVE-2026-75528
Broken Link Checker <= 2.4.13 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Author URL / Link Log
7.2
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 44% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BL
Broken Link Checker · wpmudev
through 2.4.13 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-75528
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-75528
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/broken-link-checker/tags/2.4.13/legacy/includes/admin/table-printer.php#L658
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/broken-link-checker/tags/2.4.13/legacy/includes/links.php#L485
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/broken-link-checker/tags/2.4.13/legacy/modules/checkers/http.php#L291
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/broken-link-checker/tags/2.4.13/legacy/modules/checkers/http.php#L432
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/broken-link-checker/tags/2.4.13/legacy/modules/containers/comment.php#L228
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/broken-link-checker/tags/2.4.8/legacy/includes/admin/table-printer.php#L658
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