CVE-2025-12010

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 3.1

6.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS

0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 34% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-200

Published

2025-11-11

Modified

2026-10-18

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

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

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