WordPress <= 6.8.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Sensitive Information Exposure

2025-09-22 00:00

Abu Hurayra (HurayraIIT)

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 4.7.31

Affected CoreWordPress 6.8

Affected Version4.7 – 6.8.2 · 22 branches

CVSS4.3Medium

CVECVE-2025-58246

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Vulnerability Overview

WordPress Core is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 6.8.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to extract information from posts they should not have access to.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to one of the following versions, or a newer patched version: 4.7.31, 4.8.27, 4.9.28, 5.0.24, 5.1.21, 5.2.23, 5.3.20, 5.4.18, 5.5.17, 5.6.16, 5.7.14, 5.8.12, 5.9.12, 6.0.11, 6.1.9, 6.2.8, 6.3.7, 6.4.7, 6.5.7, 6.6.4, 6.7.4, 6.8.3 --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')) The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-58246 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a2926c11-c6a2-4988-89ed-42d9e0791b95

CVSS Vector

4.3

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

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