CVE-2019-16521

The broken-link-checker plugin through 1.11.8 for WordPress (aka Broken Link Checker) is susceptible to Reflected XSS due to improper encoding and insertion of…

published October 16, 2019

CVSS
—
EPSS
1%
Percentile
72.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The broken-link-checker plugin through 1.11.8 for WordPress (aka Broken Link Checker) is susceptible to Reflected XSS due to improper encoding and insertion of an HTTP GET parameter into HTML. The filter function on the page listing all detected broken links can be exploited by providing an XSS payload in the s_filter GET parameter in a filter_id=search request. NOTE: this is an end-of-life product.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01395 · 72.2th percentile
Published
2019-10-16T14:05Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 16 OCT 14:05Z
    The broken-link-checker plugin through 1.11.8 for WordPress (aka Broken Link Checker) is susceptible to Reflected XSS due to improper encoding and insertion of…
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