CVE-2025-48247
WordPress Shortlinks by Pretty Links plugin <= 3.6.15 - Broken Access Control Vulnerability
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Blair Williams Shortlinks by Pretty Links pretty-link allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Shortlinks by Pretty Links: from n/a through <= 3.6.15.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
4.3
WordPress Shortlinks by Pretty Links plugin <= 3.6.15 - Broken Access Control Vulnerability
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Blair Williams Shortlinks by Pretty Links pretty-link allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Shortlinks by Pretty Links: from n/a through <= 3.6.15.
- Record
CVE-2025-48247- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-28167
4.3
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Blair Williams Shortlinks by Pretty Links pretty-link allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Shortlinks by Pretty Links: from n/a through <= 3.6.15.
- Record
EUVD-2025-28167- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4h9h-538f-3p9h
4.3
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Blair Williams Shortlinks by Pretty Links allows...
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Blair Williams Shortlinks by Pretty Links allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels. This issue affects Shortlinks by Pretty Links: from n/a through 3.6.15.
- Record
GHSA-4h9h-538f-3p9h- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
4.3
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Blair Williams Shortlinks by Pretty Links pretty-link allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Shortlinks by Pretty Links: from n/a through <= 3.6.15.
- Record
CVE-2025-48247- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-48247 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Blair Williams Shortlinks By Pretty Links, published May 19, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.32%, the 25th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/pretty-link/vulnerability/wordpress-shortlinks-by-pretty-links-3-6-15-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48247
patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/pretty-link/vulnerability/wordpress-shortlinks-by-pretty-links-3-6-15-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
github.com/advisories/GHSA-4h9h-538f-3p9h