Stored Cross-Site Scripting in myLinksDump Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2026-2288

4.8MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Mylinksdump
Vendor
CVE Published:
27 May 2026

What is CVE-2026-2288?

The myLinksDump plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the 'link_title' parameter. This vulnerability affects multi-site installations and those where unfiltered_html has been disabled, allowing authenticated attackers with administrator-level access to inject arbitrary web scripts. These scripts execute whenever a user accesses the compromised page, posing significant security risks.

Affected Version(s)

myLinksDump 0 <= 1.6

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mylinksdump/tr...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mylinksdump/ta...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.8
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

san6051
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