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    CVE-2025-11172

    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.

    Published:Oct 24, 2025
    Last Modified:Apr 21, 2026
    EPS:Oct 24, 2025
    EPSS Score:0.00036
    CVSS Score:4.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Plagiarismcheckerx
    Product
    Plagiarism Checker X
    Vendor
    Wordpress
    Product
    Wordpress

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-862 Missing Authorization

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-665 Exploitation of Thunderbolt Protection Flaws

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High