WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
No External Links < 5.3.0 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Log URL via /goto/{base64} Redirect
Description
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.
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References
Classification
Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Afifudin Maarif
Verified
No
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2026-10-01 (about 15 days ago)
Added
2026-10-01 (about 15 days ago)
Last Updated
2026-10-02 (about 15 days ago)