CVE-2025-5760 (GCVE-0-2025-5760)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-06-06 11:13 – Updated: 2025-06-06 16:08
VLAI?
Title
Simple History <= 5.8.1 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Sensitive Information Exposure via Detective Mode
Summary
The Simple History plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to sensitive data exposure via Detective Mode due to improper sanitization within the append_debug_info_to_context() function in versions prior to 5.8.1. When Detective Mode is enabled, the plugin’s logger captures the entire contents of $_POST (and sometimes raw request bodies or $_GET) without redacting any password‐related keys. As a result, whenever a user submits a login form, whether via native wp_login or a third‐party login widget, their actual password is written in clear text into the logs. An authenticated attacker or any user whose actions generate a login event will have their password recorded; an administrator (or anyone with database read access) can then read those logs and retrieve every captured password.
Severity ?
4.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-256 - Plaintext Storage of a Password
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
eskapism Simple History – Track, Log, and Audit WordPress Changes Affected: * , ≤ 5.8.1 (semver)
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Credits
Blair Crawford
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