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Broken Link Checker by AIOSEO – Easily Fix/Monitor Internal and External links

broken-link-checker-seo
total installs
300,000
total vulns
3
critical
0
high
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medium
3
low
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latest vuln
patched
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unpatched
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avg time to patch
vulnerabilities (3)
Broken Link Checker <= 1.2.6 - Authenticated (Author+) SQL Injection
medium ✓ patched
cvss score 6.5
cwe CWE-89: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
published Dec 9, 2025
The Broken Link Checker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection in versions up to, and including, 1.2.6 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.
Broken Link Checker by AIOSEO – Easily Fix/Monitor Internal and External links <= 1.2.5 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary Post Trashing
medium ✓ patched
cvss score 5.4
cwe CWE-862: Missing Authorization
published Nov 17, 2025
The Broken Link Checker by AIOSEO – Easily Fix/Monitor Internal and External links plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized post modification due to missing authorization in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.5. This is due to the plugin registering a REST API endpoint that only checks for a broad capability (aioseo_blc_broken_links_page) that is granted to contributor level users, without verifying the user's permission to perform actions on the specific post being targeted. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor level access and above, to trash arbitrary posts via the DELETE /wp-json/aioseoBrokenLinkChecker/v1/post endpoint.
Broken Link Checker by AIOSEO <= 1.2.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection
medium ✓ patched
cvss score 6.5
cwe CWE-89: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
published Apr 5, 2025
The Broken Link Checker by AIOSEO – Easily Fix/Monitor Internal and External links plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'orderBy' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.3 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.