Simple History <= 5.8.1 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Sensitive Information Exposure via Detective Mode

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-5760",
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    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Simple History <= 5.8.1 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Sensitive Information Exposure via Detective Mode",
    "summary": "The Simple History plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to sensitive data exposure via Detective Mode due to improper sanitization within the append_debug_info_to_context() function in versions prior to 5.8.1. When Detective Mode is enabled, the plugin’s logger captures the entire contents of $_POST (and sometimes raw request bodies or $_GET) without redacting any password‐related keys. As a result, whenever a user submits a login form, whether via native wp_login or a third‐party login widget, their actual password is written in clear text into the logs. An authenticated attacker or any user whose actions generate a login event will have their password recorded; an administrator (or anyone with database read access) can then read those logs and retrieve every captured password.",
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      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:33.202559992Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3267487/",
        "https://simple-history.com/support/detective-mode/",
        "https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-history/#developers",
        "https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-vulnerability-passwords-stored-as-plain-text-in-logs/",
        "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b6364415-da02-4236-b635-d8fbd27faa33?source=cve",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/5xxx/CVE-2025-5760.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5760",
        "https://github.com/bonny/WordPress-Simple-History/issues/546",
        "https://github.com/bonny/WordPress-Simple-History/commit/68eab0cab6882eafef4bfece884093eeda5ac018"
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  "published_at": "2025-06-06T11:13:16.129+00:00"
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