Description
The Link Shield plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 0.5.4. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the link_shield_menu_options() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update settings and inject malicious web scripts via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Published: 2025-06-13
Score: 6.1 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Stored XSS via CSRF
Action: Immediate Patch
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-18237 The Link Shield plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 0.5.4. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the link_shield_menu_options() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update settings and inject malicious web scripts via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
History

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00013}

epss

{'score': 0.00015}


Fri, 13 Jun 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 13 Jun 2025 02:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Link Shield plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 0.5.4. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the link_shield_menu_options() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update settings and inject malicious web scripts via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Title Link Shield <= 0.5.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Weaknesses CWE-352
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T17:03:06.531Z

Reserved: 2025-06-09T14:34:21.758Z

Link: CVE-2025-5926

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-06-13T14:03:43.784Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2025-06-13T03:15:52.607

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2025-5926

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-21T20:30:27Z

Weaknesses