CVE-2024-12121: Broken Link Checker | Finder <= 2.5.0 - Authenticated (Author+) Blind Server-Side Request Forgery

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-12-19 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-918

Description

The Broken Link Checker | Finder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Blind Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.0 via the 'moblc_check_link' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to query and modify information from internal services.

Affected products

Cyberlord92 Broken Link Checker | Finder: through 2.5.0

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3207590/broken-link-finder
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fa52034e-3d11-4be5-ab8b-8f7256be2a3e?source=cve

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