CVE-2025-1481

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Description

The Shortcode Cleaner Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the download_backup() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to export arbitrary options.

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/15613da5-f900-4a33-8eec-6c9e52ed30fc?source=cve

https://wordpress.org/plugins/shortcode-cleaner-lite/#developers

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shortcode-cleaner-lite/trunk/vendor/codestar/codestar/core/Module/Export.php#L53

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-03-08

Updated: 2025-03-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00032