What is CVE-2026-16535?

CVE-2026-16535 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Link Library, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2026-08-08.

How severe is CVE-2026-16535?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Link Library

CVE-2026-16535

The Link Library WordPress plugin before 7.9.4 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before reflecting it back in a response, allowing unauthenticated attackers to perform Reflected Cross-Site Scripting attacks against users who can be tricked into performing an action.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.002 (5.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Unknown Link Library — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

contact@wpscan.com (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-16535?: CVE-2026-16535 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Link Library, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2026-08-08.
How severe is CVE-2026-16535?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.