Append Link on Copy
Append Link on Copy has one disclosed vulnerability in the WordSec catalog, all reported in 2025; it remains unpatched as of September 2026. Their average CVSS score is 4.4, and the most serious one scores 4.4 out of 10.
The most common weakness is Cross-Site Scripting, behind 1 of the records (100%).
The one issue recorded for Append Link on Copy has no published fix yet, which makes virtual patching the only reliable mitigation. The oldest unresolved one dates back to 2025.
All of these findings were reported by Nabil Irawan. Append Link on Copy is installed on roughly 700 WordPress sites, so each unpatched flaw has a wide blast radius. The current release is tested up to WordPress 4.8.30.
CVE-2025-57941Append Link on Copy <= 0.2 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
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Append Link on Copy
Author
JonathanMH
With this Plugin you can automatically add text or html to content that is copied from your page. If a visitor copies any kind of text from the website, a link to the page is appended, so if it is pasted elsewhere, a link to the page is maintained. right now you can: specify the Read more link text, default: Read more at: how many tags should be inserted below the copied text and the link or copyright notice specify if you want the current page title included make every copy link to the main page decide if you want the site title to be appended see previews of HTML and text versions of the copied text and link I plan to increase the functionality with: some internationalisation if somebody wants to contribute legacy IE support I’ll include that Suggestions welcome project on github: https://github.com/JonathanMH/Append-Link-on-Copy Contributer wanted for GPLv3 support
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