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CVE-2025-5926

MEDIUM
Published 2025-06-13T01:47:48.104Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
6.1
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
Not Available
Attack Complexity
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Privileges Required
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User Interaction
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Scope
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Impact Metrics

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Description

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.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

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Affected Products

Affected Versions:

EU Vulnerability Database

Monitored by ENISA for EU cybersecurity

EU Coordination

Not EU Coordinated

Exploitation Status

No Known Exploitation

ENISA Analysis

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 Products (ENISA)

jconti
link shield

ENISA Scoring

CVSS Score (3.1)

6.1
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS Score

0.010
probability

Data provided by ENISA EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated: June 13, 2025

GitHub Security Advisories

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GHSA-75f5-mjcx-jhjh

Advisory Details

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.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: June 13, 2025, Modified: June 13, 2025

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Published: 2025-06-13T01:47:48.104Z
Last Modified: 2025-06-13T01:47:48.104Z
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