CVE-2025-11196
External Login <= 1.11.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Sensitive Data Exposure via Test Connection
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 4.3 Medium
- Published
- Oct 15, 2025
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Reserved
- Sep 30, 2025
Description
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 4.3 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N | Wordfence |
Weaknesses
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
External Logintbenyon |
|
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bdb40f51-dac2-40e7-beb1-154d982f7af3?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/external-login/trunk/options/testing_ajax.php#L3
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/external-login/trunk/login/db.php#L215
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/external-login/trunk/views/test_results.php#L21
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