Vulnerabilities and security researches forwp-bitly wp-bitly

Jun 10, 2024

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2023-5577
Home page URL: Security reports for Bitly's WordPress Plugin
Application: Bitly's WordPress Plugin
Date: Nov 07, 2023
Research Description: The Bitly's plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'wpbitly' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Affected versions: max 2.7.2.
Status: vulnerable

Aug 13, 2024

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2024-43209
Home page URL: Security reports for Bitly's WordPress Plugin
Application: Bitly's WordPress Plugin
Date: Nov 01, 2024
Research Description: Missing Authorization vulnerability in Bitly allows Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs.This issue affects Bitly: from n/a through 2.7.2.
Affected versions: max 2.7.3.
Status: vulnerable

Jan 10, 2025

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2024-12616
Home page URL: Security reports for Bitly's WordPress Plugin
Application: Bitly's WordPress Plugin
Date: Jan 09, 2025
Research Description: The Bitly's WordPress Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on several AJAX actions in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update and retrieve plugin settings.
Affected versions: max 2.7.4.
Status: vulnerable

Apr 26, 2026

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2025-58231
Home page URL: Security reports for Bitly's WordPress Plugin
Application: Bitly's WordPress Plugin
Date: Sep 23, 2025
Research Description: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in bitlydeveloper Bitly wp-bitly allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Bitly: from n/a through <= 2.8.0.
Affected versions: max 2.7.4.
Status: vulnerable