CVE-2025-5760

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

State
Published
Severity
4.9 Medium
Published
Jun 6, 2025
Updated
Apr 8, 2026
Reserved
Jun 5, 2025

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Description

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.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.14.9 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NWordfence

Weaknesses

  • CWE-256 Plaintext Storage of a Password

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Simple History – Track, Log, and Audit WordPress Changeseskapism
  • 5.8.1 and earlierAffected

References

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