Cleartext storage of sensitive information in Simple History - CVE-2025-5760
Published: June 11, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU111075
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-5760
CWE-ID: CWE-312
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to cleartext storage of sensitive information within the Detective Mode in the ppend_debug_info_to_context() function. A remote administrator can gain access to secret information.
Affected software
Simple History
How to mitigate CVE-2025-5760
Install updates from vendor's website.
Simple History - update to 5.8.2
External References
- https://github.com/bonny/WordPress-Simple-History/commit/68eab0cab6882eafef4bfece884093eeda5ac018
- https://github.com/bonny/WordPress-Simple-History/issues/546
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3267487/
- https://simple-history.com/support/detective-mode/
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-history/#developers
- https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-vulnerability-passwords-stored-as-plain-text-in-logs/
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b6364415-da02-4236-b635-d8fbd27faa33?source=cve