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

INFO

Published Date :

2025-11-11T03:30:38.901Z

Last Modified :

2026-04-08T16:52:33.327Z

Source :

Wordfence
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-12010 vulnerability.

Vendors Products
Wordpress
  • Wordpress
Wpkube
  • Authors List
REFERENCES

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information to CVE-2025-12010.

URL Resource
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/authors-list/tags/2.0.6.1/includes/class-authors-list-shortcode.php#L852 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/authors-list/tags/2.0.6.1/includes/class-authors-list-shortcode.php#L868 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/authors-list/tags/2.0.6.2/includes/class-authors-list-shortcode.php#L868 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5189c1c0-2d4c-47f5-b8d9-3192a670e586?source=cve cve-icon cve-icon
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