CVE-2025-11262 | The Link Whisper Free plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to … | CVSS 7.2 HIGH

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.

Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2025-11262
State: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 2025-10-03 14:09 UTC
Published: 2026-05-29 06:43 UTC
Last updated: 2026-05-29 10:05 UTC
Primary CWE: CWE-79
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Gene…
Vendor / Product: linkwhspr / Link Whisper Free
Sources: cve.org · NVD

Severity & Metrics

7.2 HIGH CVSS 3.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Tech. Impact: partial

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions
linkwhspr	Link Whisper Free	—	0 ≤ 0.9.0

Weakness (CWE)

CWE	Source	Description
CWE-79	cna	CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CVSS scores (1)

Score	Severity	Version	Source	Vector
7.2	HIGH	3.1	cna	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References (3)