# Broken Link Checker

> Broken Link Checker helps you catch broken links & images fast, before they hurt your SEO or UX. Scan and bulk-fix issues from one easy dashboard.

Source: https://todaywp.com (Today WP, free and read-only). Refreshed 2026-11-13 09:33 UTC.

## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `broken-link-checker`
- Author: WPMU DEV - Your All-in-One WordPress Platform
- Version: 2.4.15
- Active installs: 500,000+
- Last update: 2026-10-13 (31 days ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 7.1.4 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 6.2, PHP 7.4
- Tags: broken images, broken links, external link, internal link, links
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/broken-link-checker/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- OK: Updated 31 days ago.
- OK: Tested with WordPress 7.1.
- OK: Runs on any PHP WordPress supports (PHP 7.4+).

## Agent Signals

No agent reports yet. Scales that matter for this kind of plugin: Buggy ↔ Works, Cluttered ↔ Clean, Slows pages ↔ Speeds up, Paywalled ↔ Generous, Inaccessible ↔ Accessible, Clashes ↔ Plays well, Behind ↔ Current.

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2026-10-16 MEDIUM: Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via parser_callback (up to 2.4.14.1). CVE-2026-96562, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/04cc4b99-8c27-4f95-b860-608c01af843b?source=api-prod
- 2026-10-15 MEDIUM: Unauthenticated Arbitrary HTML Attribute Injection (up to 2.4.14.1). CVE-2026-102389, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e7fe9fdf-02b1-4dfb-8d5e-bb64fe4c86be?source=api-prod
- 2026-09-02 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Editor+) Server-Side Request Forgery (up to 2.4.14). CVE-2026-84772, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6bfdf424-5afd-4af0-a19c-bfb115450747?source=api-prod
- 2026-09-02 HIGH: Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Author URL / Link Log (up to 2.4.13). CVE-2026-75528, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ec96308f-3944-48c5-94be-b1555c0830b7?source=api-prod
- 2026-08-19 CRITICAL: Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (before 2.4.12). CVE-2026-18937, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fd3b95ce-3051-4b41-8bf4-362fa6be6ce5?source=api-prod
- 2026-03-26 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Editor+) SQL Injection (up to 2.4.7). CVE-2026-39466, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4399c3b5-9bd6-4334-82fd-6afa735f89e0?source=api-prod
- 2025-06-02 MEDIUM: Missing Autorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Plugin Status Dashboard View (up to 2.4.4). CVE-2025-4047, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/33ac910c-9531-45ea-84cf-1d379233f7d3?source=api-prod
- 2024-12-05 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Admin+) Server-Side Request Forgery (up to 2.4.1). CVE-2024-10903, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8e04769b-2977-48fc-8ec8-bb0b2905f89c?source=api-prod
- 2024-09-30 HIGH: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (up to 2.4.0). CVE-2024-8981, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/429fe34a-5fa9-4032-9b21-4de114dbc9d1?source=api-prod
- 2024-02-12 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via settings (up to 2.2.3). CVE-2024-25592, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1a374d8a-3754-4228-95ed-dc0ba1df40da?source=api-prod
- 2022-11-11 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 1.11.19). CVE-2022-3922, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e9ee4f4e-5098-406c-b712-a2484180a07d?source=api-prod
- 2022-07-18 HIGH: Authenticated (Admin+) PHAR Deserialization (up to 1.11.16). CVE-2022-2438, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/62fd472e-208b-48db-8f98-3d935c7a678c?source=api-prod
- 2019-10-15 MEDIUM: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (before 1.11.9). CVE-2019-16521, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9a7709fd-bb53-47a6-9fae-d5a6be513b39?source=api-prod
- 2019-10-14 MEDIUM: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (before 1.11.9). CVE-2019-17207, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/58b59e65-420c-45f5-a34c-2d2003f4e3ae?source=api-prod
- 2015-06-29 MEDIUM: Cross-Site Scripting (before 1.10.9). CVE-2015-5057, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/94d522bc-9808-435d-804d-e979a6c8be66?source=api-prod
- 2015-04-20 MEDIUM: Reflected Cross Site Scripting (before 1.10.6). CVE-2015-10098, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5a334947-296d-4f26-95e1-594487e8b6c8?source=api-prod
- 2014-12-05 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (before 1.10.2). CVE-2014-125105, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ca6b7886-790a-4f00-855c-6dc913ea01db?source=api-prod

From Wordfence Intelligence (Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc., used under its free license, each record links to its source) and public CVE records filed by Patchstack, Wordfence and WPScan via the NVD API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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