Description
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in filipstepanov Phee's LinkPreview linkpreview allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Phee's LinkPreview: from n/a through <= 1.6.7.
Published: 2025-02-24
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Impact

The Phee’s LinkPreview plugin fails to perform CSRF validation, allowing an attacker to forge requests that a victim’s browser will automatically submit. This flaw can be leveraged when a user is authenticated to the WordPress site and can result in the attacker changing plugin configuration or executing any other actions the user is authorized to perform. The vulnerability is identified as CWE‑352 and carries a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium‑severity impact on confidentiality and integrity.

Affected Systems

WordPress sites that use the Phee’s LinkPreview plugin version 1.6.7 or earlier are the only impacts. The vendor listed is filipstepanov, and no other WordPress core components or third‑party plugins are affected.

Risk and Exploitability

With an EPSS score of less than 1% and not listed in the CISA KEV catalog, exploitation is unlikely at present, but the attack vector remains a web‑application CSRF that requires an active session of an authenticated user. The medium CVSS score reflects the ability to alter data or configuration, but no immediate denial of service or remote code execution risk is noted. Security teams should treat the vulnerability as low to moderate risk pending an available patch.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on May 1, 2026 at 15:37 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Update the Phee’s LinkPreview plugin to the latest version (or a version lower than 1.6.7 is advised to be replaced).
  • If updating is not immediately possible, disable the plugin or restrict its access to the most trusted administrative roles until a patch is released.
  • Enable WordPress nonce and CSRF checks on all administrative forms, or install a security plugin that enforces cross‑sitel request protection across the site.
  • Consider applying a web‑application firewall rule that blocks suspicious POST/GET requests from external origins targeting the plugin’s endpoints.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on May 1, 2026 at 15:37 UTC.

Tracking

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-4326 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in filipstepanov Phee's LinkPreview allows Cross Site Request Forgery. This issue affects Phee's LinkPreview: from n/a through 1.6.7.
History

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 15:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

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


Wed, 01 Apr 2026 23:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in filipstepanov Phee's LinkPreview allows Cross Site Request Forgery. This issue affects Phee's LinkPreview: from n/a through 1.6.7. Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in filipstepanov Phee's LinkPreview linkpreview allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Phee's LinkPreview: from n/a through <= 1.6.7.
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

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


Mon, 24 Feb 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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


Mon, 24 Feb 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in filipstepanov Phee's LinkPreview allows Cross Site Request Forgery. This issue affects Phee's LinkPreview: from n/a through 1.6.7.
Title WordPress Phee's LinkPreview Plugin <= 1.6.7 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-352
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

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


Subscriptions

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:11:48.815Z

Reserved: 2025-02-21T16:46:02.627Z

Link: CVE-2025-27344

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-02-24T16:48:58.193Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2025-02-24T15:15:19.963

Modified: 2026-04-23T15:26:24.780

Link: CVE-2025-27344

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

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Updated: 2026-05-01T15:45:16Z

Weaknesses