Known vulnerabilities in Visual Link Preview

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6Reported vulnerabilities

6.4Highest CVSS score

2.4.2Latest version

10,000+Active installs

What to do now

Update Visual Link Preview to 2.4.0 or later. 6 of these have a fixed version available. Updating resolves them.

Plugin last updated: May 19, 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-2021-24635	Medium 5.4	0.6%	Before 2.2.3	`2.2.3`	September 20, 2021
CVE-2026-39670	Medium 6.4	0.2%	2.3.0 and earlier	`2.3.1`	February 19, 2026
CVE-2025-11987	Medium 6.4	0.2%	0 to 2.2.7 (inclusive)	`2.2.8`	November 5, 2025
CVE-2026-54821	Medium 4.3	0.3%	2.3.1 and earlier	`2.4.0`	June 17, 2026
CVE-2026-48878	Medium 4.3	0.3%	2.4.1 and earlier	`2.4.2`	June 2, 2026
CVE-2026-24984	Medium 4.3	0.3%	2.2.9 and earlier	`2.3.0`	January 18, 2026

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