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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-4047

The Broken Link Checker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized data access due to a missing capability check on the ajax_full_status and ajax_dashboard_status functions

Published Jun 3, 2025 · catalog updated Apr 8, 2026 · Broken Link Checker

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-4047. EPSS is 0.28%. Act only if a listed version of Broken Link Checker is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium4.3
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.28%
Remediation
Vendor / distro source
Affected products
vendor wpmudev Broken Link Checker 0 ≤2.4.4

The Broken Link Checker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized data access due to a missing capability check on the ajax_full_status and ajax_dashboard_status functions in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to view the plugin's status.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor wpmudev Broken Link Checker 0 ≤2.4.40 ≤2.4.4

How to fix CVE-2025-4047

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-4047. EPSS is 0.28%. Act only if a listed version of Broken Link Checker is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with wpmudev Broken Link Checker 0 ≤2.4.4 0 ≤2.4.4. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.28%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jun 3, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    The Broken Link Checker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized data access due to a missing capability check on the ajax_full_status and ajax_dashboard_status functions in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to view the plugin's status.

  2. Apr 8, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    The Broken Link Checker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized data access due to a missing capability check on the ajax_full_status and ajax_dashboard_status functions in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to view the plugin's status.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-4047

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-4047

    30-day exploitation probability 0.3%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-16741

    The Broken Link Checker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized data access due to a missing capability check on the ajax_full_status and ajax_dashboard_status functions in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, wi

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.