Known vulnerabilities in No External Links

Convert external links into internal links, site wide or post/page specific. Add NoFollow, Click logging, and more...

3Reported vulnerabilities

7.2Highest CVSS score

5.2.0Latest version

4,000+Active installs

What to do now

Update No External Links to 5.3.0 or later. 3 of these have a fixed version available. Updating resolves them.

Plugin last updated: April 1, 2026 / Tested up to WordPress: 7.0.4 / View on wordpress.org

Reported vulnerabilities

Ordered by how urgently they need attention — whether a vulnerability is actually being exploited, and how likely exploitation is, rather than CVSS severity alone.

CVE	Severity	Exploit probability next 30 days	Affected versions	Fixed in	Published
CVE-2022-1095	Medium 4.8	0.6%	Before 5.0.2	`5.0.2`	June 27, 2022
CVE-2026-95670	High 7.2	0.2%	0 to 5.2.0 (inclusive)	`5.3.0`	October 2, 2026
CVE-2025-53451	Medium 4.3	0.2%	5.1.6.2 and earlier	`5.1.7`	September 22, 2025

Sources: vulnerability records from NVD, exploitation from CISA KEV, exploit probability from EPSS. Affected versions come from CPE ranges or from the reporting CNA.