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GHSA-Q2WH-799F-G8X3

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-06-06 12:30 – Updated: 2025-06-06 12:30

Details

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.

Severity

4.9 (Medium)


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

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CVE-2025-5760 (GCVE-0-2025-5760)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-06-06 11:13 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:17

Title

Simple History <= 5.8.1 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Sensitive Information Exposure via Detective Mode

Summary

Severity

4.9 (Medium)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-06-06 15:41 UTC

CWE

CWE-256 - Plaintext Storage of a Password

Assigner

Wordfence mitre root Scorecard

References

7 references

URL	Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
https://simple-history.com/support/detective-mode/
https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-history/#dev…
https://github.com/bonny/WordPress-Simple-History…
https://github.com/bonny/WordPress-Simple-History…
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-vuln…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3267487/

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
eskapism	Simple History – Track, Log, and Audit WordPress Changes	Affected: 0 , ≤ 5.8.1 (semver)

Credits

Blair Crawford

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