I recently read that a virtual photon has mass, unlike a real photon.

"As a consequence, a real photon is massless and thus has only two polarization states, whereas a virtual one, being effectively massive, has three polarization states." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_particle

"In that theory, the mass of electrons (or, more generally, leptons) is modified by including the mass contributions of virtual photons, in a technique known as renormalization." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photon

So here is my question: how does a virtual photon get its mass  ?
Does it acquire its mass through interaction with the Higgs Field, like W and Z bosons, or is its mass generated in another way  ?
Thank you for your answers 🙏

I recently read that a virtual photon has mass, unlike a real photon.

"As a consequence, a real photon is massless and thus has only two polarization states, whereas a virtual one, being effectively massive, has three polarization states." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_particle

"In that theory, the mass of electrons (or, more generally, leptons) is modified by including the mass contributions of virtual photons, in a technique known as renormalization." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photon

So here is my question: how does a virtual photon get its mass?

Does it acquire its mass through interaction with the Higgs Field, like $W$ and $Z$ bosons, or is its mass generated in another way?