CVE-2025-7507
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe elink – Embed Content plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Malicious Redirect in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.0. This is due to the plugin not restricting URLS that can be supplied through the elink shortcode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to supply an HTML file that can be leverged to redirect users to a malicious domain.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe elink WordPress plugin fails to validate URLs supplied via its shortcode, allowing authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access or higher to inject malicious redirect URLs. When users click links generated by the compromised shortcode, they can be redirected to attacker-controlled malicious domains.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm elink plugin is installed and activeNavigate to WordPress admin > Plugins and verify the elink plugin is installed and activatedAffected if The elink plugin is present and active in the WordPress installation
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Identify elink plugin versionClick on the elink plugin in the Plugins list to view the installed version numberAffected if Unable to confirm the plugin is running a patched version (no patched version specified in CVE advisory)
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Check for elink shortcode usage in contentSearch the wp_posts database table or use a plugin to search for occurrences of the [elink] shortcode in post contentAffected if The shortcode is present in any posts, pages, or custom post types
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Inspect shortcode URL parametersExamine posts containing [elink] shortcode and review the URL parameter values being passed (e.g., [elink url="..."]), looking for external or untrusted domainsAffected if Shortcode attributes contain URLs pointing to domains that are not explicitly allowlisted or validated by the site admin
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Review contributor-level user accessCheck WordPress user roles to determine which users have Contributor-level access and whether they can create or edit content containing the shortcodeAffected if Untrusted Contributor+ users can create or edit content containing the elink shortcode
If the elink plugin is active and Contributor-level or higher users can insert the shortcode with arbitrary URLs into content without server-side validation, the environment is affected by this vulnerability.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scopedRestrict the shortcode to only allow trusted/allowlisted domains, implement strict URL validation before generating redirects, and update to a patched version once released.
Latest version of elink – Embed Content plugin (newer than 1.1.0)
- Navigate to the WordPress admin dashboard
- Go to Plugins > Installed Plugins
- Locate the 'elink – Embed Content' plugin
- Check if an update is available and install the latest version
- Verify the update was successful
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-7507 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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