CVE-2025-11196
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.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.25%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.25% probability · 17th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Source
- security@wordfence.com
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/external-login/trunk/login/db.php#L215
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/external-login/trunk/options/testing_ajax.php#L3
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/external-login/trunk/views/test_results.php#L21
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bdb40f51-dac2-40e7-beb1-154d982f7af3?source=cve
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.