VDB-329738 · CVE-2025-11172 · EUVD-2025-35808

Check Plagiarism Plugin up to 2.0 on WordPress Setting chk_plag_mine_plugin_wpse10500_admin_action authorization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Check Plagiarism Plugin up to 2.0 on WordPress. This affects the function chk_plag_mine_plugin_wpse10500_admin_action of the component Setting Handler. Such manipulation leads to authorization. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2025-11172. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Check Plagiarism Plugin up to 2.0 on WordPress and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is the function chk_plag_mine_plugin_wpse10500_admin_action of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-862. The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The Check Plagiarism plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the chk_plag_mine_plugin_wpse10500_admin_action() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update the API key.

The advisory is available at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-11172. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/24/2025).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-35808). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

WordPress Plugin

Name

Check Plagiarism Plugin

Version

CPE 2.3info

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv4info

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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.2

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.1
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 4.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Authorization
CWE: CWE-862 / CWE-863 / CWE-285
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ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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0-Day Time: 🔒

Timelineinfo

10/23/2025 VulDB entry created
10/24/2025 +0 days Advisory disclosed
10/24/2025 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wordfence.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2025-11172 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-11172
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-329738
EUVD: 🔒

Entryinfo

Created: 10/24/2025 00:30
Updated: 10/24/2025 18:04
Changes: 10/24/2025 00:30 (51), 10/24/2025 11:21 (21), 10/24/2025 18:04 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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