Vulnerability · Published Oct 24, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence

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

Medium 4.3

In plain English

A medium-severity missing authorization in Check Plagiarism from plagiarismchecker. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 9% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 90.7% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
plagiarismchecker	Check Plagiarism	0 – through 2.0

Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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Official description

Affected products (as reported)

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