WordPress plugin · shorten-url
Is Short URL safe?
Closed. Replace it.
wordpress.org closed it on Mar 7, 2024 (security issue), so it gets no more security fixes, and 8 flaws are on record. If your site runs it, move to a maintained alternative.
- Flaws on record
- 8
- High or critical
- 3
- Exploited
- none
Every recorded flaw
- Jun 6, 2025Short URL: Does not properly sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in SQL statementCVE-2023-2921 · affects up to 1.6.8 · reported by WPScanHigh 8.8
- Jan 2, 2025Short URL: Missing AuthorizationCVE-2023-47225 · affects up to 1.6.8 · reported by PatchstackMedium 5.4
- Aug 17, 2024Short URL: Cross-Site Request ForgeryCVE-2023-1604 · affects up to 1.6.8 · reported by WordfenceMedium 4.7
- Apr 15, 2024Short URL: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')CVE-2024-32138 · affects up to 1.6.8 · reported by PatchstackHigh 7.1
- Nov 6, 2023Short URL: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')CVE-2022-46860 · affects up to 1.6.4 · reported by PatchstackHigh 8.5
- Oct 12, 2023Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in KaizenCoders Short URL plugin <= 1.6.8 versions.CVE-2023-45058 · affects up to 1.6.8 · reported by PatchstackMedium 4.3
- Jul 31, 2023Short URL: Does not sanitise and escape some of its settingsCVE-2023-3130 · fixed in 1.6.5 · reported by WPScanMedium 4.8
- Jun 28, 2023Short URL: Stored Cross-Site ScriptingCVE-2023-1602 · affects up to 1.6.4 · reported by WordfenceMedium 4.4
Records come from the National Vulnerability Database, published by the researchers who found each flaw (Wordfence, Patchstack, WPScan and others); exploited status from CISA; exploit odds from FIRST’s EPSS; current version, installs and closures from wordpress.org, checked daily. Want every plugin on your site checked at once? Run the free website check.
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