CVE-2025-5926
6.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
The Link Shield plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 0.5.4. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the link_shield_menu_options() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update settings and inject malicious web scripts via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| jconti | Link Shield | 0 <= 0.5.4 | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-352: CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
ADP Enrichment
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
- SSVC:
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical Impact: partial
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7e577828-4368-4781-877b-badb4dc50763?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/link-shield/trunk/link-shield.php#L24
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