Broken Link Checker <= 2.4.4 — Missing Autorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Plugin Status Dashboard View
CVE-2025-4047Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤2.4.4Update to 2.4.5 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium4.3
- CVSS
- 4.3CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:LConfidentiality- Low
I:NIntegrity- None
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
Broken Link Checker broken-link-checker
- Affected≤ 2.4.4
- Patched in2.4.5
Update to 2.4.5 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 2.4.4. Version 2.4.5 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Broken Link Checker.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 2.4.5, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Broken Link Checker to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Nguyễn Trung Kiên.
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.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 4.3
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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