Description
The Pretty Links plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via various IP headers as well as the referer header in versions up to, and including, 2.1.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the track_link function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Published: 2023-06-07
Score: 7.2 High
EPSS: 1.1% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-11581 The Pretty Links plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via various IP headers as well as the referer header in versions up to, and including, 2.1.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the track_link function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
History

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Pretty Links <= 2.1.9 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via track_link

Sat, 28 Dec 2024 01:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Subscriptions

Prettylinks Pretty Links
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T17:15:16.795Z

Reserved: 2023-06-06T13:09:27.199Z

Link: CVE-2019-25147

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-05T03:00:19.233Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-06-07T02:15:10.577

Modified: 2026-04-08T19:17:32.167

Link: CVE-2019-25147

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Weaknesses