CVE-2025-12681 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2025-12681

Comment Edit Core – Simple Comment Editing <= 3.1.0 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Powpy

References

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Comment Edit Core – Simple Comment Editing
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: November 13th, 2025
Last Modified: April 8th, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-200

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1213 Data from Information Repositories
Collection
T1005 Data from Local System
Collection
T1552 Unsecured Credentials
Credential Access
T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Exfiltration