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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-15 08:26 – Updated: 2025-10-15 14:16
VLAI?
Title
External Login <= 1.11.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Sensitive Data Exposure via Test Connection
Summary
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
CWE
  • CWE-200 - Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
tbenyon External Login Affected: * , ≤ 1.11.2 (semver)
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Credits
Jonas Benjamin Friedli
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