Shortcode Cleaner Lite <= 1.0.9 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Options Export

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2025-1481
CVSS Medium (6.5)
Publicly Published March 7, 2025
Last Updated March 8, 2025
Researcher Krzysztof Zając
Description

The Shortcode Cleaner Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the download_backup() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to export arbitrary options.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug shortcode-cleaner-lite (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= 1.0.9
Patched Version
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