Shortlinks by Pretty Links <= 3.6.15 - Missing Authorization

2025-05-19 00:00

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Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 3.6.16

Affected PluginPrettyLinks – Affiliate Link Management, URL Shortener, Link Cloaking, Tracking & Branded Short Links

Affected Version<= 3.6.15

CVSS4.3Medium

CVECVE-2025-48247

View all PrettyLinks – Affiliate Link Management, URL Shortener, Link Cloaking, Tracking & Branded Short Links vulnerabilities

Vulnerability Overview

The PrettyLinks – Affiliate Links, Link Branding, Link Tracking, Marketing and Stripe Payments Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the search_results() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.6.15. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to search link statuses.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 3.6.16, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-48247 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9ed0d4b6-f553-4aa5-9dfa-49df78f4269d

CVSS Vector

4.3

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

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