Description

The Broken Link Checker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized data access due to a missing capability check on the ajax_full_status and ajax_dashboard_status functions in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to view the plugin's status.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-4047

CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS Base Score: 4.3

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

Affected Products

Vendor: wpmudev

Product: Broken Link Checker

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.03% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 5.15% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-06-04 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-4047
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/33ac910c-9531-45ea-84cf-1d379233f7d3?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/broken-link-checker/tags/2.4.2/legacy/core/core.php#L3272
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3294992/

Timeline