🔐 CVE Alert

CVE-2025-7507

MEDIUM 6.4

elink – Embed Content <= 1.1.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Insufficient Input Validation

CVSS Score
6.4
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

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.

CWE CWE-20
Vendor elinkcontent
Product elink – embed content
Published Aug 15, 2025
Last Updated Apr 8, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

Affected Versions

elinkcontent / elink – Embed Content
0 ≤ 1.1.0

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bda249f7-07a9-47ba-bba4-85abd8f8a207?source=cve wordpress.org: https://wordpress.org/plugins/elink-embed-content/

Credits

Shreyas Malhotra