Pretty Links – Link Management, Branding, Tracking & Sharing Plugin < 1.5.6 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

6.1
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2011-4595
CVSS 6.1 (Medium)
Publicly Published December 4, 2011
Last Updated January 30, 2023
Researcher Am!r - Aria Security Team

Description

Pretty-Link WordPress plugin 1.5.2 has XSS via url parameter.

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Vulnerability Details for PrettyLinks – Affiliate Link Management, URL Shortener, Link Cloaking, Tracking & Branded Short Links

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug pretty-link (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.5.6, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • < 1.5.6
Patched Version
  • 1.5.6

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2 Shortlinks by Pretty Links <= 3.6.15 - Missing Authorization CVE-2025-48247 4.3 domiee13 May 19, 2025
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4 Pretty Links – Affiliate Links, Link Branding, Link Tracking & Marketing Plugin <= 3.6.3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Plugin Settings Update CVE-2024-2326 4.3 Webbernaut March 22, 2024
5 Shortlinks by Pretty Links <= 3.4.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via route CVE-2022-47149 4.3 Muhammad Daffa April 13, 2023
6 Pretty Links <= 2.1.9 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via track_link CVE-2019-25147 7.2 Jerome Bruandet June 19, 2019
7 Pretty Links – Link Management, Branding, Tracking & Sharing Plugin <= 1.6.7 - SQL Injection CVE-2015-9457 7.2 Marcin Probola July 8, 2015
8 Pretty Links Lite < 1.6.3 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVE-2013-1636 7.2 hip August 1, 2014

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