CVE-2025-49884 (GCVE-0-2025-49884)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-16 11:27 – Updated: 2026-04-28 16:13
VLAI?
Title
WordPress Internal Linking of Related Contents plugin <= 1.1.8 - Broken Access Control Vulnerability
Summary
Missing Authorization vulnerability in alexvtn Internal Linking of Related Contents internal-linking-of-related-contents allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Internal Linking of Related Contents: from n/a through <= 1.1.8.
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
alexvtn Internal Linking of Related Contents Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.1.8 (custom)
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Date Public ?
2026-04-01 16:41
Credits
Martino Spagnuolo (r3verii) | Patchstack Bug Bounty Program
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