Vulnerability · Published Aug 15, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-7507elink – Embed Content <= 1.1.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Insufficient Input Validation
Medium 6.4
In plain English
A medium-severity improper input validation in elink – Embed Content from elinkcontent. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 19% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The elink – Embed Content plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Malicious Redirect in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.0. This is due to the plugin not restricting URLS that can be supplied through the elink shortcode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to supply an HTML file that can be leverged to redirect users to a malicious domain.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| elinkcontent | elink – Embed Content | 0 – through 1.1.0 |
Weakness: CWE-20 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L