CVE-2025-12010
The Authors List plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.6.1 via the via arbitrary metho…
Impact
The Authors List plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.6.1 via the via arbitrary method call from Authors_List_Shortcode class. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to call methods such as get_meta to extract sensitive user data including password hashes, email addresses, usernames, and activation keys via specially crafted shortcode attributes
Affected packages
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Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/authors-list/tags/2.0.6.1/includes/class-authors-list-shortcode.php#L852
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/authors-list/tags/2.0.6.1/includes/class-authors-list-shortcode.php#L868
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/authors-list/tags/2.0.6.2/includes/class-authors-list-shortcode.php#L868
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5189c1c0-2d4c-47f5-b8d9-3192a670e586?source=cve