CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-11172

MediumCVSS 4.3
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.20%

8th percentile - higher than 8% of all known CVEs

Summary

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

Risk Assessment

The risk is that an attacker can change the API key, potentially leading to interception of communication with the plagiarism service or compromise of its integrity.

Recommendation

Update the Check Plagiarism plugin to a version that includes a fix for the missing capability check.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS