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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD9.0 Critical

CVE-2026-18937

Broken Link Checker < 2.4.12 - Unauthenticated RCE via Query Variable Injection

Description

The Broken Link Checker WordPress plugin before 2.4.12 does not limit which query variables it accepts from user input on sites using plain permalinks, allowing unauthenticated users to overwrite arbitrary PHP global variables, and to execute arbitrary code on the server when a classic (non-block) is active.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Unknown Broken Link Checker

Default version status: unaffected

  • 0 to < 2.4.12affected

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