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.
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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. | |
Title | Link Shield <= 0.5.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Stored Cross-Site Scripting | |
Weaknesses | CWE-352 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Wordfence
Published: 2025-06-13T01:47:48.104Z
Updated: 2025-06-13T14:03:46.794Z
Reserved: 2025-06-09T14:34:21.758Z
Link: CVE-2025-5926

Updated: 2025-06-13T14:03:43.784Z

Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2025-06-13T03:15:52.607
Modified: 2025-06-16T12:32:18.840
Link: CVE-2025-5926

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