What is CVE-2015-10098?

CVE-2015-10098 is a low-severity vulnerability in Wpmudev Broken Link Checker, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 3.5/10. Published 2023-04-08.

How severe is CVE-2015-10098?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2015-10098 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Wpmudev Broken Link Checker

CVE-2015-10098

A vulnerability was found in Broken Link Checker Plugin up to 1.10.5 on WordPress. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function print_module_list/show_warnings_section_notice/status_text/ui_get_action_links. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be launched remotely. Upgrading to version 1.10.6 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is f30638869e281461b87548e40b517738b4350e47. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-225152.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2023-04-08 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.5 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (44.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 44th percentile — 44.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Wpmudev Broken Link Checker
Broken Link Checker Plugin — versions 1.10.3, 1.10.5, 1.10.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

vuldb.com/ (technical-description, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
vuldb.com/ (signature, permissions-required, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/wp-plugins/broken-link-checker/commit/f30638869e281461b87548e40b5177… (Patch, patch)
github.com/wp-plugins/broken-link-checker/releases/tag/1.10.6 (Release Notes, patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-10098?: CVE-2015-10098 is a low-severity vulnerability in Wpmudev Broken Link Checker, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 3.5/10. Published 2023-04-08.
How severe is CVE-2015-10098?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2015-10098 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.