diff --git a/src/core/assets/asset-handler/assets/javascript.ts b/src/core/assets/asset-handler/assets/javascript.ts
index 85bcd8585..280ce8ba0 100644
--- a/src/core/assets/asset-handler/assets/javascript.ts
+++ b/src/core/assets/asset-handler/assets/javascript.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { Asset, VirtualAsset } from '@cocos/asset-db';
 import { readFile } from 'fs-extra';
 import { transformPluginScript } from './utils/script-compiler';
+import { resolveSimulatedGlobals } from './utils/plugin-script-globals';
 import { openCode } from '../utils';
 import { AssetHandlerBase } from '../../@types/protected';
 import { JavaScriptAssetUserData, PluginScriptUserData } from '../../@types/userDatas';
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ async function _importPluginScript(asset: Asset) {
         return true;
     }
 
-    const simulateGlobalNames: string[] = simulateGlobals === undefined ? ['self', 'window', 'global', 'globalThis'] : simulateGlobals;
+    const simulateGlobalNames = resolveSimulatedGlobals(simulateGlobals);
 
     const transformed = await transformPluginScript(code, {
         simulateGlobals: simulateGlobalNames,
diff --git a/src/core/assets/asset-handler/assets/utils/plugin-script-globals.ts b/src/core/assets/asset-handler/assets/utils/plugin-script-globals.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..540e3abae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/assets/asset-handler/assets/utils/plugin-script-globals.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/** Default aliases made available to enclosed plugin scripts. */
+export const DEFAULT_SIMULATED_GLOBALS = ['self', 'window', 'global', 'globalThis'] as const;
+
+/**
+ * Resolves persisted plugin aliases while tolerating metadata written by older PinK versions.
+ */
+export function resolveSimulatedGlobals(value: unknown): string[] {
+    if (value === false || (Array.isArray(value) && value.length === 0)) {
+        return [];
+    }
+
+    const customGlobals = Array.isArray(value) ? value : [];
+    return Array.from(new Set([
+        ...DEFAULT_SIMULATED_GLOBALS,
+        ...customGlobals,
+    ]));
+}
diff --git a/src/core/assets/test/plugin-script-globals.test.ts b/src/core/assets/test/plugin-script-globals.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f4d4f3345
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/assets/test/plugin-script-globals.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import { DEFAULT_SIMULATED_GLOBALS, resolveSimulatedGlobals } from '../asset-handler/assets/utils/plugin-script-globals';
+
+describe('plugin script globals', () => {
+    test('uses the default aliases when no custom aliases are stored', () => {
+        expect(resolveSimulatedGlobals(undefined)).toEqual(DEFAULT_SIMULATED_GLOBALS);
+    });
+
+    test('appends custom aliases after the defaults', () => {
+        expect(resolveSimulatedGlobals(['PINK_PLUGIN_ALIAS'])).toEqual([
+            ...DEFAULT_SIMULATED_GLOBALS,
+            'PINK_PLUGIN_ALIAS',
+        ]);
+    });
+
+    test('treats legacy boolean metadata as no custom aliases', () => {
+        expect(resolveSimulatedGlobals(true)).toEqual(DEFAULT_SIMULATED_GLOBALS);
+    });
+
+    test('preserves an empty alias array as disabled aliases', () => {
+        expect(resolveSimulatedGlobals([])).toEqual([]);
+    });
+
+    test('preserves legacy false metadata as disabled aliases', () => {
+        expect(resolveSimulatedGlobals(false)).toEqual([]);
+    });
+
+    test('deduplicates default and custom aliases', () => {
+        expect(resolveSimulatedGlobals(['window', 'PINK_PLUGIN_ALIAS', 'PINK_PLUGIN_ALIAS'])).toEqual([
+            ...DEFAULT_SIMULATED_GLOBALS,
+            'PINK_PLUGIN_ALIAS',
+        ]);
+    });
+});