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Link Shield Vulnerabilities

4 known security issues reported for the Link Shield WordPress plugin. Most recent disclosed Jun 12, 2025.

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Link Shield <= 0.5.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Stored Cross-Site Scripting

medium

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...

CVSS:
6.1
Affected:
up to 0.5.4
Fix:
No patched version reported
Disclosed:
Jun 12, 2025

CVE-2025-5926 on NVD →

Link Shield <= 0.5.4 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

medium

The Link Shield plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in all versions up to, and including, 0.5.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbit...

CVSS:
4.4
Affected:
up to 0.5.4
Fix:
No patched version reported
Disclosed:
Apr 9, 2025

CVE-2025-32503 on NVD →

Link Shield [link-shield] <= 0.5.4 (unfixed + closed)

unknown

[en] Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Jose Conti Link Shield allows Stored XSS. This issue affects Link Shield: from n/a through 0.5.4.

Affected:
up to 0.5.4
Fix:
No patched version reported
Disclosed:
Apr 9, 2025

CVE-2025-32503 on NVD →

Link Shield [link-shield] <= 0.5.4 (unfixed + closed)

unknown
Affected:
up to 0.5.4
Fix:
No patched version reported

CVE-2025-5926 on NVD →

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