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CVE-2025-68509: User Submitted Posts (WordPress plugin) · Open Redirect

Affects User Submitted Posts (WordPress plugin)Source CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · public detection template (Nuclei) · CVSS 4.7 Medium.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 14:05 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
4.7Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 43% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 24 Dec 2025

  2. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  3. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  4. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Jeff Starr User Submitted PostsAffected
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Fixed in–

AI-suggested

Until an official fix is released, users should exercise caution when clicking on URLs generated by the User Submitted Posts plugin and consider implementing additional URL validation or filtering controls if possible.

Description

URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') vulnerability in Jeff Starr User Submitted Posts user-submitted-posts allows Phishing.This issue affects User Submitted Posts: from n/a through <= 20251121.

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