CVE-2023-5641: The Martins Free & Easy SEO BackLink Link Building Network WordPress plugin before 1.2.30 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-S

medium Affects free-\&-easy-link-building (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

The Martins Free & Easy SEO BackLink Link Building Network WordPress plugin before 1.2.30 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-S

Package
free-\&-easy-link-building (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<1.2.30
Fixed in
1.2.30
Severity
medium  CVSS 6.1
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 0% (38.5th percentile)
Published
2023-11-27
Source
nvd

References

CWE-79
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