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.
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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | Check Plagiarism <= 2.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Settings Update | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-862 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Wordfence
Published: 2025-10-24T08:24:03.767Z
Updated: 2025-10-24T14:36:26.966Z
Reserved: 2025-09-29T17:24:46.884Z
Link: CVE-2025-11172
Updated: 2025-10-24T14:36:23.302Z
Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2025-10-24T09:15:42.270
Modified: 2025-10-27T13:20:15.637
Link: CVE-2025-11172
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