{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-96562 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2026-96562 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2026-96562 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in wpmudev Broken Link Checker, published on 16 Oct 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-96562 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-96562 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in wpmudev Broken Link Checker, published on 16 Oct 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-96562 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: wpmudev Broken Link Checker. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-96562/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-96562/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-96562","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-96562/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-96562","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-fj49-q4jm-g898"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cms_plugin","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"WordPress plugin","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Unauthenticated attackers can execute arbitrary shortcodes via comment payloads, potentially leading to code execution on WordPress sites using the Broken Link Checker plugin.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"code_injection"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Wordfence","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":6.5,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-94","name":"Improper Control of Generation of Code"}],"description":"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Broken Link Checker \u003c= 2.4.14.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via parser_callback","id":"CVE-2026-96562","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"code_injection","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":6,"next":{"headline":"Motors \u003c= 1.4.124 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'stm_f_s' Parameter","id":"CVE-2026-96563"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Cross-site scripting in AI Engine – The Chatbot, AI Framework \u0026 MCP for WordPress","id":"CVE-2026-96561"},"products":["Broken Link Checker"],"published":"2026-10-16","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"yes","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-10-16","vendors":["wpmudev"]},"summary":"Unauthenticated attackers can execute arbitrary shortcodes via comment payloads, potentially leading to code execution on WordPress sites using the Broken Link Checker plugin.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-96562/"}