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CVE-2025-5760 Detail

Description

The Simple History plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to sensitive data exposure via Detective Mode due to improper sanitization within the append_debug_info_to_context() function in versions prior to 5.8.1. When Detective Mode is enabled, the plugin’s logger captures the entire contents of $_POST (and sometimes raw request bodies or $_GET) without redacting any password‐related keys. As a result, whenever a user submits a login form, whether via native wp_login or a third‐party login widget, their actual password is written in clear text into the logs. An authenticated attacker or any user whose actions generate a login event will have their password recorded; an administrator (or anyone with database read access) can then read those logs and retrieve every captured password.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://github.com/bonny/WordPress-Simple-History/commit/68eab0cab6882eafef4bfece884093eeda5ac018 Wordfence
https://github.com/bonny/WordPress-Simple-History/issues/546 Wordfence
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3267487/ Wordfence
https://simple-history.com/support/detective-mode/ Wordfence
https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-history/#developers Wordfence
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-vulnerability-passwords-stored-as-plain-text-in-logs/ Wordfence
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b6364415-da02-4236-b635-d8fbd27faa33?source=cve Wordfence

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-256 Plaintext Storage of a Password Wordfence  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2025-5760
NVD Published Date:
06/06/2025
NVD Last Modified:
06/06/2025
Source:
Wordfence