CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-12681

MediumCVSS 5.3
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.29%

20th percentile - higher than 20% of all known CVEs

Summary

The Comment Edit Core – Simple Comment Editing plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to and including 3.1.0 via the 'ajax_get_comment' function. This allows unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including user IDs, IP addresses, and email addresses.

Risk Assessment

Exposure of sensitive information could allow attackers to conduct further attacks such as phishing or identity theft, and compromise user privacy.

Recommendation

Update the Comment Edit Core plugin to the latest version that fixes the vulnerability. Additionally, restrict access to the ajax_get_comment function for unauthorized users.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The Comment Edit Core – Simple Comment Editing plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.0 via the 'ajax_get_comment' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including user IDs, IP addresses, and email addresses.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS