Authors List <= 2.0.6.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Sensitive Information Exposure via Limited Method Call in Plugin's Shortcode

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE CVE-2025-12010
CVSS Medium (6.5)
Publicly Published November 10, 2025
Last Updated November 25, 2025
Researcher kai
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

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug authors-list (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.0.6.1
Patched Version
  • 2.0.6.2
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