Information disclosure in Scossar Wp Discourse
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.
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (17.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 17th percentile — 17.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Scossar Wp Discourse — versions 0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6b1524f3-1c59-49a1-bbe3-94dcf…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-discourse/tags/2.5.9/lib/discourse-commen…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-discourse/tags/2.5.9/lib/discourse-commen…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-discourse/tags/2.5.9/lib/plugin-utilities…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-11983?
- CVE-2025-11983 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Scossar Wp Discourse, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2025-11-01.
- How severe is CVE-2025-11983?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.