LinkWhisper Link Whisper Premium Plugin up to 2.9.0 on WordPress authorization

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CTI Interest Score
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6.3$0-$5k0.68+

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in LinkWhisper Link Whisper Premium Plugin up to 2.9.0 on WordPress. It has been declared as critical. This affects an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to authorization. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2026-57353. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in LinkWhisper Link Whisper Premium Plugin up to 2.9.0 on WordPress. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-862. The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Subscriber Broken Access Control in Link Whisper Premium <= 2.9.0 versions.

The weakness was presented by Austin Ginder. The advisory is available at patchstack.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-57353 since 06/24/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/02/2026).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Productinfo

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Version

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.1
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 6.5
CNA Vector (Patchstack): 🔒

CVSSv2info

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VulDB Base Score: 🔒
VulDB Temp Score: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Authorization
CWE: CWE-862 / CWE-863 / CWE-285
CAPEC: 🔒
ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔒

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Timelineinfo

06/24/2026 CVE reserved
07/02/2026 +8 days Advisory disclosed
07/02/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
07/02/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: patchstack.com
Researcher: Austin Ginder
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2026-57353 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-57353
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-375878

Entryinfo

Created: 07/02/2026 14:41
Changes: 07/02/2026 14:41 (63)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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