Medium severity · published Feb 3, 2026
CVE-2026-24984
WordPress Visual Link Preview plugin <= 2.2.9 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
6.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Brecht Visual Link Preview visual-link-preview allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Visual Link Preview: from n/a through <= 2.2.9.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 29% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VL
Visual Link Preview · Brecht
through 2.2.9 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-24984
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-24984
patchstack.com
https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/visual-link-preview/vulnerability/wordpress-visual-link-preview-plugin-2-2-9-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
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