Authors List <= 2.0.6.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Sensitive Information Exposure via Limited Method Call in Plugin's Shortcode

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Summary

CVECVE-2025-12010
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerWordfence
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2025-11-11 04:15:45 UTC
Updated2026-04-08 18:23:23 UTC
DescriptionThe 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

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 6.5 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS: 0.000530000 probability, percentile 0.165560000 (date 2026-04-08)

Problem Types: CWE-200 | CWE-200 CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary6.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
3.1CNADECLARED6.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Wpkube Authors List affected 2.0.6.1 semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/authors-list/tags/2.0.6.1/includes/class-authors-list... [email protected] plugins.trac.wordpress.org
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/authors-list/tags/2.0.6.1/includes/class-authors-list... [email protected] plugins.trac.wordpress.org
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/authors-list/tags/2.0.6.2/includes/class-authors-list... [email protected] plugins.trac.wordpress.org
www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5189c1c0-2d4c-47f5-b8d9-3192a... [email protected] www.wordfence.com
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Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: kai (en)

Additional Advisory Data

SourceTimeEvent
CNA2025-10-13T00:00:00.000ZDiscovered
CNA2025-11-10T15:24:36.000ZDisclosed
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