Stored Cross-Site Scripting in No External Links Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2026-95670

7.2HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
No External Links
Vendor
CVE Published:
2 October 2026

What is CVE-2026-95670?

The No External Links plugin for WordPress is susceptible to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting flaw caused by inadequate input sanitization and output escaping. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to inject malicious scripts into pages, which will execute when users visit an affected page, especially when the 'Link Encoding: Base64' option is enabled in the plugin's settings. This issue affects all versions up to and including 5.2.0.

Affected Version(s)

No External Links 0 <= 5.2.0

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mihdan-no-exte...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mihdan-no-exte...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.2
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Afifudin Maarif
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