CVE-2025-68033
Published: 05 January 2026
Summary
CVE-2025-68033 is a high-severity Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data (CWE-201) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 17.5th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Threat & Defense at a Glance
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Likely Mitigating ControlsAI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Embedding taints allows detection when sensitive data is inserted into outbound or sent data streams.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Direct exploitation of unauthenticated network-accessible information disclosure flaw in public-facing WordPress plugin.
NVD Description
Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data vulnerability in Brecht Custom Related Posts custom-related-posts allows Retrieve Embedded Sensitive Data.This issue affects Custom Related Posts: from n/a through <= 1.8.0.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2025-68033 is an Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data vulnerability (CWE-201) in the Brecht Custom Related Posts WordPress plugin (custom-related-posts). This flaw allows attackers to retrieve embedded sensitive data and affects all versions from n/a through 1.8.0. The vulnerability received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N), indicating high severity due to its network accessibility, low attack complexity, and lack of prerequisites.
An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability over the network with low complexity and no user interaction. Exploitation enables retrieval of sensitive information embedded in data sent by the plugin, resulting in high confidentiality impact without affecting integrity or availability.
Mitigation details are available in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/custom-related-posts/vulnerability/wordpress-custom-related-posts-plugin-1-8-0-sensitive-data-exposure-vulnerability?_s_id=cve. The CVE was published on 2026-01-05T11:17:41.680.
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