Known vulnerabilities in Wikipedia Preview

Wikipedia Preview lets you show a popup card with a short summary from Wikipedia when a reader clicks or hovers over a link.

1Reported vulnerabilities

5.3Highest CVSS score

1.17.0Latest version

1,000+Active installs

What to do now

Update Wikipedia Preview to 1.16.0 or later. 1 of these have a fixed version available. Updating resolves them.

Plugin last updated: December 8, 2025 / Tested up to WordPress: 6.9.7 / 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-2025-52738	Medium 5.3	0.3%	1.15.0 and earlier	`1.16.0`	August 3, 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.