---
id: CVE-2025-11172
title: >-
  The Check Plagiarism plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized
  modification of data due to a missing capability check on the
  chk_plag_mine_plugin_wpse10500_admin_action() function in all versions up to,
  and including, 2.0
summary: >-
  The Check Plagiarism plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized
  modification of data due to a missing capability check on the
  chk_plag_mine_plugin_wpse10500_admin_action() function in all versions up to,
  and including, 2.0. This …
severity: medium
cvss: 4.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-862
published: '2025-10-24'
updated: '2026-10-08'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-08T11:10:00.250'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-11172'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/check-plagiarism/trunk/index.php#L760
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ade64c1d-65e6-4424-b2da-dc63b49f08aa?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00195
epssPercentile: 0.08442
ingestedAt: '2026-10-08T11:31:27.569Z'
---

## Overview

The Check Plagiarism plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the chk_plag_mine_plugin_wpse10500_admin_action() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update the API key.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.