CVE-2025-7507 elink – Embed Content <= 1.1.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Insufficient Input Validation
Authenticated contributors can redirect users to malicious domains via insufficient input validation in the elink WordPress plugin.
- 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-2025-7507?
CVE-2025-7507 is a medium-severity vulnerability in elinkcontent elink – Embed Content, published on 15 Aug 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
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.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-7507?
How do I fix CVE-2025-7507?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-7507 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-7507 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-7507 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p3g9-xgw5-x447.