CVE-2025-11983

The WP Discourse plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.9. This is due to the plugin unconditionally sending Discourse API credentials (Api-Key and Api-Username headers) to any host specified in a post's discourse_permalink custom field during comment synchronization. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to exfiltrate sensitive Discourse API credentials to attacker-controlled servers, as well as query internal services and potentially perform further attacks.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
4.3 MEDIUM
NETWORK
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
WordfenceCNA
4.3 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Awaiting analysis
This vulnerability is currently awaiting analysis.
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: Unknown
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-discourse/tags/2.5.9/lib/discourse-comment.php#L211
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-discourse/tags/2.5.9/lib/discourse-comment.php#L218
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-discourse/tags/2.5.9/lib/plugin-utilities.php#L486
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3384149%40wp-discourse&new=3384149%40wp-discourse&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6b1524f3-1c59-49a1-bbe3-94dcfd232b1d?source=cve