CVE-2025-57923

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

22/09/2025

Last modified:

24/10/2025

Description

An Insertion of Sensitive Information into Sent Data vulnerability in the Ideal Postcodes UK Address Postcode Validation WordPress plugin exposes the API key, allowing unauthorized third parties to retrieve and reuse the key across any domain. Since API keys are unrestricted by default, with the “Allowed URLs” field left empty upon creation of API key this can lead to unauthorized use and depletion of API credits.Note: the vulnerability is assessed based on the default configuration.This issue affects UK Address Postcode Validation: from n/a through 3.9.2.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.30 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x

5.30

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/uk-address-postcode-validation/vulnerability/wordpress-uk-address-postcode-validation-plugin-3-9-2-sensitive-data-exposure-vulnerability?_s_id=cve