WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Authors List < 2.0.6.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Sensitive Information Exposure via Limited Method Call in Plugin's Shortcode

Description

The Authors List plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.6.1 via the via arbitrary method call from Authors_List_Shortcode class. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to call methods such as get_meta to extract sensitive user data including password hashes, email addresses, usernames, and activation keys via specially crafted shortcode attributes

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 2.0.6.2

References

Classification

Type
SENSITIVE DATA DISCLOSURE
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
kai
Verified
No

Timeline

Publicly Published
2025-11-10 (about 6 months ago)
Added
2025-11-10 (about 6 months ago)
Last Updated
2025-11-25 (about 5 months ago)

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