CVE-2025-11734

Broken Link Checker by AIOSEO – Easily Fix/Monitor Internal and External links <= 1.2.5 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary Post Trashing

mediumMissing Authorization
5.4
CVSS Score
5.4
CVSS Score
medium
Severity
1.2.6
Patched in
1d
Time to patch

Description

The Broken Link Checker by AIOSEO – Easily Fix/Monitor Internal and External links plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized post modification due to missing authorization in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.5. This is due to the plugin registering a REST API endpoint that only checks for a broad capability (aioseo_blc_broken_links_page) that is granted to contributor level users, without verifying the user's permission to perform actions on the specific post being targeted. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor level access and above, to trash arbitrary posts via the DELETE /wp-json/aioseoBrokenLinkChecker/v1/post endpoint.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=1.2.5
PublishedNovember 17, 2025
Last updatedNovember 18, 2025

Source Code

WordPress.org SVN
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