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Visual Link Preview Vulnerabilities

9 known security issues reported for the Visual Link Preview WordPress plugin. Most recent disclosed Jun 17, 2026.

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Visual Link Preview <= 2.3.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Sensitive Information Exposure

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The Visual Link Preview plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.3.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to extract sensitive user or configuration data.

CVSS:
4.3
Affected:
up to 2.3.1
Fixed in:
2.4.0
Disclosed:
Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2026-54821 on NVD →

Visual Link Preview <= 2.4.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Information Exposure

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The Visual Link Preview plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to extract sensitive user or configuration data.

CVSS:
4.3
Affected:
up to 2.4.1
Fixed in:
2.4.2
Disclosed:
Jun 2, 2026

CVE-2026-48878 on NVD →

Visual Link Preview <= 2.3.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Server-Side Request Forgery

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The Visual Link Preview plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.3.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application which can b...

CVSS:
6.4
Affected:
up to 2.3.0
Fixed in:
2.3.1
Disclosed:
Feb 19, 2026

CVE-2026-39670 on NVD →

Visual Link Preview [visual-link-preview] <= 2.2.9 (unfixed)

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[en] Missing Authorization vulnerability in Brecht Visual Link Preview visual-link-preview allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Visual Link Preview: from n/a through <= 2.2.9.

Affected:
up to 2.2.9
Fix:
No patched version reported
Disclosed:
Feb 3, 2026

CVE-2026-24984 on NVD →

Visual Link Preview <= 2.2.9 - Missing Authorization

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The Visual Link Preview plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on a function in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to perform an unauthorized action.

CVSS:
4.3
Affected:
up to 2.2.9
Fixed in:
2.3.0
Disclosed:
Jan 18, 2026

CVE-2026-24984 on NVD →

Visual Link Preview [visual-link-preview] < 2.2.8

unknown

[en] The Visual Link Preview plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's visual-link-preview shortcode in versions up to, and including, 2.2.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers...

Affected:
up to 2.2.8
Fixed in:
2.2.8
Disclosed:
Nov 5, 2025

CVE-2025-11987 on NVD →

Visual Link Preview <= 2.2.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via visual-link-preview Shortcode

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The Visual Link Preview plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's visual-link-preview shortcode in versions up to, and including, 2.2.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, wit...

CVSS:
6.4
Affected:
up to 2.2.7
Fixed in:
2.2.8
Disclosed:
Nov 4, 2025

CVE-2025-11987 on NVD →

Visual Link Preview [visual-link-preview] < 2.2.3

unknown

[en] The Visual Link Preview WordPress plugin before 2.2.3 does not enforce authorisation on several AJAX actions and has the CSRF nonce displayed for all authenticated users, allowing any authenticated user (such as subscriber) to call them and 1) Get and search through title and content of Draft post, 2) Get title of...

Affected:
up to 2.2.3
Fixed in:
2.2.3
Disclosed:
Sep 20, 2021

CVE-2021-24635 on NVD →

Visual Link Preview <= 2.2.2 - Unauthorised AJAX Calls

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The Visual Link Preview WordPress plugin before 2.2.3 does not enforce authorisation on several AJAX actions and has the CSRF nonce displayed for all authenticated users, allowing any authenticated user (such as subscriber) to call them and 1) Get and search through title and content of Draft post, 2) Get title of a pa...

CVSS:
5.4
Affected:
up to 2.2.3
Fixed in:
2.2.3
Disclosed:
Aug 18, 2021

CVE-2021-24635 on NVD →

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