Malicious Redirect Vulnerability in elink – Embed Content Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2025-7507

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress

Vendor
CVE Published:
15 August 2025

What is CVE-2025-7507?

The elink – Embed Content plugin for WordPress contains a vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access or higher to exploit the elink shortcode. By providing a crafted HTML file, these attackers can redirect users to a malicious domain. This issue impacts all versions of the plugin up to and including 1.1.0, highlighting the need for users to carefully manage plugin permissions and update to secure versions promptly.

Affected Version(s)

elink – Embed Content * <= 1.1.0

References

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Shreyas Malhotra
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CVE-2025-7507 : Malicious Redirect Vulnerability in elink – Embed Content Plugin for WordPress