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GHSA-529G-4FH9-MMMH

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-10-15 09:30 – Updated: 2025-10-15 09:30

Details

The External Login plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to sensitive information exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.11.2 due to the 'exlog_test_connection' AJAX action lacking capability checks or nonce validation. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to query the configured external database and retrieve truncated usernames, email addresses, and password hashes via the diagnostic test results view.

Severity ?

4.3 (Medium)


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

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CVE-2025-11196 (GCVE-0-2025-11196)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-15 08:26 – Updated: 2025-10-15 14:16

Title

External Login <= 1.11.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Sensitive Data Exposure via Test Connection

Summary

Severity ?

4.3 (Medium)


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

CWE

CWE-200 - Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Assigner

Wordfence

References

URL

Tags

	https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
	https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/extern…
	https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/extern…
	https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/extern…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	tbenyon	External Login	Affected: * , ≤ 1.11.2 (semver)

Credits

Jonas Benjamin Friedli

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GHSA-529G-4FH9-MMMH

CVE-2025-11196 (GCVE-0-2025-11196)

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