CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-11196

MediumCVSS 4.3
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.27%

17th percentile - higher than 17% of all known CVEs

Summary

The External Login plugin for WordPress up to version 1.11.2 has a sensitive information exposure vulnerability due to missing capability checks and nonce validation on the 'exlog_test_connection' AJAX action. Authenticated users with Subscriber-level access and above can query the configured external database and retrieve truncated usernames, email addresses, and password hashes.

Risk Assessment

The organization may face exposure of authentication data, potentially leading to account and system security breaches.

Recommendation

Immediately update the plugin to the latest version and restrict access to low-privilege accounts.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS