CVE-2025-10740 URL Shortener Plugin For WordPress <= 3.0.7 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Link Manipulation
Authenticated subscribers can modify links due to missing capability checks in the URL Shortener Plugin for WordPress.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-10740?
CVE-2025-10740 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in rupok98 URL Shortener Plugin For WordPress, published on 24 Oct 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The URL Shortener Plugin For WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access to functionality provided by the API due to a missing capability check on the verifyRequest function in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to modify links.
Weakness: CWE-89
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-10740?
How do I fix CVE-2025-10740?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-10740 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-10740 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-10740 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xwgc-fx9q-hg8x.