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.
History

Fri, 13 Jun 2025 14:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 13 Jun 2025 02:30:00 +0000

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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
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

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

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-06-13T03:15:52.607

Modified: 2025-06-16T12:32:18.840

Link: CVE-2025-5926

cve-icon Redhat

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