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    1 vulnerability by elinkcontent

    CVE-2025-7507 (GCVE-0-2025-7507)

    Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-15 08:25 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:18
    VLAI
    Title
    elink – Embed Content <= 1.1.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Insufficient Input Validation
    Summary
    The elink – Embed Content plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Malicious Redirect in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.0. This is due to the plugin not restricting URLS that can be supplied through the elink shortcode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to supply an HTML file that can be leverged to redirect users to a malicious domain.
    Severity
    6.4 (Medium)
    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L
    SSVC
    Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
    CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
    CWE
    • CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
    Assigner
    References
    Impacted products
    Vendor Product Version
    elinkcontent elink – Embed Content Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.1.0 (semver)
    		Create a notification for this product.
    Credits
    Shreyas Malhotra
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