CVE-2025-1481

Published Mar 8, 2025

Last updated 23 days ago

CVSS medium 6.5

Overview

Description: The Shortcode Cleaner Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the download_backup() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to export arbitrary options.
Source: security@wordfence.com
NVD status: Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 4.3
Impact score: 1.4
Exploitability score: 2.8
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Severity: MEDIUM

Weaknesses

security@wordfence.com: CWE-862
nvd@nist.gov: CWE-862

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:jozoor:shortcode_cleaner_lite:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "956DA14F-2D14-4844-85A9-EF395CEAD014",
            "versionEndIncluding": "1.0.9"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References