CVE-2025-55715
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2025-55715 is a Sensitive Data Exposure vulnerability discovered in Themeisle's Otter - Gutenberg Block WordPress plugin affecting versions through 3.1.0. The vulnerability was discovered by Abu Hurayra and publicly disclosed on August 27, 2025. This security issue allows unauthorized users to retrieve embedded sensitive data (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (High) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N. The issue is classified under CWE-201 (Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data). The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to access sensitive information that should normally be restricted (NVD).

Impact

This vulnerability is considered highly dangerous and expected to become mass exploited. It could allow malicious actors to view sensitive information that is normally not available to regular users, which could potentially be used to exploit other weaknesses in the system (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 3.1.1 of the Otter - Gutenberg Block plugin. Users are advised to update to version 3.1.1 or later immediately. For users of Patchstack, a virtual patch has been issued to mitigate this issue by blocking any attacks until the update can be applied (Patchstack).

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