WP Link Preview

WP Link Preview has one disclosed vulnerability in the WordSec catalog, all reported in 2025; it remains unpatched as of September 2026. Their average CVSS score is 6.4, and the most serious one scores 6.4 out of 10.

The most common weakness is Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF), behind 1 of the records (100%).

The one issue recorded for WP Link Preview 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 theviper17y. WP Link Preview is installed on roughly 500 WordPress sites, so each unpatched flaw has a wide blast radius. The current release is tested up to WordPress 4.9.31.

Strategic Overview

Avg CVSSMedium

6.4/ 10

Patch Coverage0%

Open

Fixed

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Most severe open issueCVSS 6.4CVE-2025-31527

WP Link Preview <= 1.4.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Server-Side Request Forgery

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Vulnerability Records

1 records


2025-03-31 00:00	WP Link Preview <= 1.4.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Server-Side Request Forgery WP Link Preview <= 1.4.1	`CVE-2025-31527`	6.4 Medium	theviper17y	No

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Plugin Profile

Latestv1.4.1

WP Link Preview

Author

Kishan

4.8(4)

96/100

Last Updated

2018-06-30 (8y ago)

Active Installs

500+

Downloads

16,595

Requires WP

4.7+

Requires PHP

Tested up to

WP 4.9.31

Created

2017-06-04 (9y ago)

This plugin will add a button to your post/page editor which can be used to generate and embed a link preview for a given URL. The link preview consists of a title, description and image which will result in a similar look as sharing a link on Facebook. The link preview can also be generated with shortcode: [wplinkpreview url=””]

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