What is CVE-2025-11172?

CVE-2025-11172 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Plagiarismchecker Check Plagiarism, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2025-10-24.

How severe is CVE-2025-11172?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Plagiarismchecker Check Plagiarism

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.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.002 (8.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Plagiarismchecker Check Plagiarism — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-11172?: CVE-2025-11172 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Plagiarismchecker Check Plagiarism, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2025-10-24.
How severe is CVE-2025-11172?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.