Medium severity4.3NVD Advisory· Published Jun 3, 2025· Updated Apr 15, 2026

CVE-2025-4047

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.

Affected products

WordPress/Broken Link Checkerinferred
Range: <=2.4.4
Package: https://wordpress.org/plugins/broken-link-checker

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/broken-link-checker/tags/2.4.2/legacy/core/core.phpnvd
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3294992/nvd
www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/33ac910c-9531-45ea-84cf-1d379233f7d3nvd

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