---
id: CVE-2025-11196
title: >-
  The External Login plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to sensitive information
  exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.11.2 due to the
  'exlog_test_connection' AJAX action lacking capability checks or nonce
  validation
summary: >-
  The External Login plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to sensitive information
  exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.11.2 due to the
  'exlog_test_connection' AJAX action lacking capability checks or nonce
  validation. This makes…
severity: medium
cvss: 4.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-200
published: '2025-10-15'
updated: '2026-10-08'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-08T12:10:00.217'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-11196'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/external-login/trunk/login/db.php#L215
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/external-login/trunk/options/testing_ajax.php#L3
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/external-login/trunk/views/test_results.php#L21
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bdb40f51-dac2-40e7-beb1-154d982f7af3?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00269
epssPercentile: 0.17468
ingestedAt: '2026-10-08T11:31:27.427Z'
---

## Overview

The External Login plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to sensitive information exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.11.2 due to the 'exlog_test_connection' AJAX action lacking capability checks or nonce validation. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to query the configured external database and retrieve truncated usernames, email addresses, and password hashes via the diagnostic test results view.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.