🔐 CVE Alert

CVE-2025-58246

MEDIUM 4.3

WordPress <= 6.8.2 - (Contributor+) Sensitive Data Exposure Vulnerability

CVSS Score
4.3
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data vulnerability in WordPress allows Retrieve Embedded Sensitive Data. The WordPress Core security team is aware of the issue and is already working on a fix. This is a low-severity vulnerability. Contributor-level privileges required in order to exploit it. This issue affects WordPress: from 6.8 through 6.8.2, from 6.7 through 6.7.3, from 6.6 through 6.6.3, from 6.5 through 6.5.6, from 6.4 through 6.4.6, from 6.3 through 6.3.6, from 6.2 through 6.2.7, from 6.1 through 6.1.8, from 6.0 through 6.0.10, from 5.9 through 5.9.11, from 5.8 through 5.8.11, from 5.7 through 5.7.13, from 5.6 through 5.6.15, from 5.5 through 5.5.16, from 5.4 through 5.4.17, from 5.3 through 5.3.19, from 5.2 through 5.2.22, from 5.1 through 5.1.20, from 5.0 through 5.0.23, from 4.9 through 4.9.27, from 4.8 through 4.8.26, from 4.7 through 4.7.30.

CWE CWE-201
Vendor wordpress
Product wordpress
Ecosystems
Industries
WebMedia
Published Sep 23, 2025
Last Updated Apr 28, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Affected Versions

WordPress / WordPress
6.8 ≤ 6.8.2 6.7 ≤ 6.7.3 6.6 ≤ 6.6.3 6.5 ≤ 6.5.6 6.4 ≤ 6.4.6 6.3 ≤ 6.3.6 6.2 ≤ 6.2.7 6.1 ≤ 6.1.8 6.0 ≤ 6.0.10 5.9 ≤ 5.9.11 5.8 ≤ 5.8.11 5.7 ≤ 5.7.13 5.6 ≤ 5.6.15 5.5 ≤ 5.5.16 5.4 ≤ 5.4.17 5.3 ≤ 5.3.19 5.2 ≤ 5.2.22 5.1 ≤ 5.1.20 5.0 ≤ 5.0.23 4.9 ≤ 4.9.27 4.8 ≤ 4.8.26 4.7 ≤ 4.7.30

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
patchstack.com: https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/wordpress/wordpress/vulnerability/wordpress-wordpress-wordpress-6-8-2-sensitive-data-exposure-vulnerability?_s_id=cve wordpress.org: https://wordpress.org/news/2025/09/wordpress-6-8-3-release/

Credits

Abu Hurayra (Patchstack Bug Bounty Program) John Blackbourn (WordPress core security team lead) 🔍 Timothy Jacobs 🔍 Peter Wilson 🔍 Mike Nelson