{"cve":"CVE-2025-12010","nvd":{"published":"2025-11-11T04:15:45.630","modified":"2026-10-18T21:10:00.120","status":"Deferred","description":"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","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","score":6.5},"cwes":["CWE-200"],"references":["https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/authors-list/tags/2.0.6.1/includes/class-authors-list-shortcode.php#L852","https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/authors-list/tags/2.0.6.1/includes/class-authors-list-shortcode.php#L868","https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/authors-list/tags/2.0.6.2/includes/class-authors-list-shortcode.php#L868","https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5189c1c0-2d4c-47f5-b8d9-3192a670e586?source=cve"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:14:53.307938015+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-12010","score":0.0041,"percentile":0.34978,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}