CVE-2026-95670 (GCVE-0-2026-95670)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-02 07:39 – Updated: 2026-10-02 07:39
VLAI
Title
No External Links <= 5.2.0 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Log URL via /goto/{base64} Redirect
Summary
The No External Links plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Log URL via /goto/{base64} Redirect in all versions up to, and including, 5.2.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This is only exploitable when the administrator has enabled the 'Link Encoding: Base64' option in the plugin settings.
Severity
7.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mihdan No External Links Affected: 0 , ≤ 5.2.0 (semver)
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Credits
Afifudin Maarif
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