Security Vulnerability Report
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CVE-2025-12681 CVSS 5.3 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-12681

Published: 2025-11-13 08:15:48
Last Modified: 2026-04-15 00:35:42

Description

The Comment Edit Core – Simple Comment Editing plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.0 via the 'ajax_get_comment' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including user IDs, IP addresses, and email addresses.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score
5.3
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only
The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.
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References

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