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CVE-2025-12681 (GCVE-0-2025-12681)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-11-13 07:27 – Updated: 2026-04-08 16:52
VLAI
Title
Comment Edit Core – Simple Comment Editing <= 3.1.0 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure
Summary
The Comment Edit Core – Simple Comment Editing plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.0 via the 'ajax_get_comment' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including user IDs, IP addresses, and email addresses.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-11-14 16:48 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-200 - Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
ronalfy Comment Edit Core – Simple Comment Editing Affected: 0 , ≤ 3.1.0 (semver)
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Credits
Powpy
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