CVE-2026-96562 | Vulnerability Intelligence

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Source record retrieved 2026-10-28T10:22:56.588560+00:00. Scheduled imports handle updates; this page does not assert that the provider was queried just now.

Vulnerability overview

The The Broken Link Checker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.14.1. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes. Exploitation requires that a submitted comment containing the shortcode payload in an href or src attribute is approved through the site's normal comment moderation workflow; once approved, the shortcode is executed automatically via WP-Cron without any further attacker interaction.

Patch review priority

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No higher-priority signal is available in the current stored evidence.

FIRST EPSS: 0.28% · percentile 20.4 · score date 2026-10-27.

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Severity and scoring

CVSS score: 6.5 · MEDIUM
CVSS version: 3.1
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weaknesses: CWE-94

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Known exploitation and remediation

Not listed in the CISA catalog retrieved for this record. This does not establish that exploitation has not occurred.

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Affected products and versions

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