CVE-2025-28961 (GCVE-0-2025-28961)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-16 11:28 – Updated: 2026-04-28 16:11
VLAI
Title
WordPress URL Shortener <= 3.0.7 - PHP Object Injection Vulnerability
Summary
Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in Md Yeasin Ul Haider URL Shortener exact-links allows Object Injection.This issue affects URL Shortener: from n/a through <= 3.0.7.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-07-16 13:19 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Md Yeasin Ul Haider URL Shortener Affected: 0 , ≤ 3.0.7 (custom)
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Date Public
2026-04-01 16:36
Credits
ch4r0n | Patchstack Bug Bounty Program
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