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)
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Credits
Shreyas Malhotra
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