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.
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Mon, 27 Oct 2025 22:30:00 +0000

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Fri, 24 Oct 2025 15:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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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.
Title Check Plagiarism <= 2.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Settings Update
Weaknesses CWE-862
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-24T14:36:26.966Z

Reserved: 2025-09-29T17:24:46.884Z

Link: CVE-2025-11172

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-10-24T14:36:23.302Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-10-24T09:15:42.270

Modified: 2025-10-27T13:20:15.637

Link: CVE-2025-11172

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

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Updated: 2025-10-27T22:13:13Z