CVE-2019-16521

Published Oct 16, 2019 CVSS 3.1 · 6.1 Medium EPSS 1.4% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-7198 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 1:17 AM
Reserved
Sep 19, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 16, 2019, 3:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:22 AM