CVE-2025-48247

Shortlinks by Pretty Links <= 3.6.15 - Missing Authorization

mediumMissing Authorization

4.3

CVSS Score

4.3

CVSS Score

medium

Severity

3.6.16

Patched in

10d

Time to patch

Description

The PrettyLinks – Affiliate Links, Link Branding, Link Tracking, Marketing and Stripe Payments Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the search_results() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.6.15. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to search link statuses.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Low

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=3.6.15

PublishedMay 19, 2025

Last updatedMay 28, 2025

Affected pluginpretty-link

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9ed0d4b6-f553-4aa5-9dfa-49df78f4269d?source=api-prod

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