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CVE-2024-6465: WP Links Page <= 4.9.5 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited Image Update

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-07-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The WP Links Page plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'wplf_ajax_update_screenshots' function in all versions up to, and including, 4.9.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to regenerate the link's thumbnail image.

Affected products

• rico-macchi WP Links Page: through 4.9.5

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-links-page/trunk/wp-links-page-free.php#L172
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3116973/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2b59d281-d5c8-455a-8aa8-b03847bdd45f?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-links-page/trunk/wp-links-page-free.php#L172
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3116973/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2b59d281-d5c8-455a-8aa8-b03847bdd45f?source=cve

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