CVE 4.3 MEDIUM

Check Plagiarism <= 2.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Settings Update_CVE-2025-11172

4.3 / 10
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Description

The Check Plagiarism plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the chk_plag_mine_plugin_wpse10500_admin_action() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update the API key.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2025-11172
Source Wordfence
Published Oct 24, 2025 at 08:24

Affected Product

Vendor plagiarismchecker
Product Check Plagiarism
Version *
Affected Versions plagiarismchecker Check Plagiarism *

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