WPZOOM Social Feed Widget & Block: Sensitive data exposure in WordPress plugin
Summary
The WPZOOM Social Feed Widget & Block WordPress plugin, which displays Instagram feeds on WordPress sites, is affected up to version 2.4.1. An unauthenticated remote attacker can retrieve sensitive data embedded in the plugin's communication, as classified by Patchstack and CWE-201. The impact is limited to confidentiality, and the exact data exposed is not published.
Affected
- WPZOOM Social Feed Widget & Block (WordPress plugin, formerly Instagram Widget by WPZOOM)
- All versions from n/a through 2.4.1
Fixed in
- Version 2.4.2 and later
Workaround
Unknown. No vendor workaround is documented. Updating to 2.4.2 is the mitigation.
Exploitation
- Not known to be exploited (OffSeq).
- Public proof of concept: not found in the sources reviewed.
- CISA SSVC: exploitation none, automatable yes, technical impact partial.
Our recommendation
- Update the plugin to version 2.4.2 or later as soon as possible, with priority on sites where Instagram API tokens are stored.
- If an update is delayed, check whether Instagram API tokens are stored in the plugin and rotate them after the update.
- Review the plugin inventory of WordPress sites to identify all installations of the plugin.
Public exploits
PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit and Exploit-DB list nothing for this CVE.
Research sources
- CVE Record CVE-2026-125766 www.cve.org
- Patchstack advisory patchstack.com
- VulDB entry 435812 vuldb.com
- OffSeq radar entry radar.offseq.com
- WordPress.org plugin listing wordpress.org
Researched and written up in English and German by an AI (Claude by Anthropic) based on NVD, CISA, EPSS and the sources listed. The vendor information is authoritative. Researched on 11 Nov 2026, 17:41.
Original description (NVD)
Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data vulnerability in WPZOOM WPZOOM Social Feed Widget & Block instagram-widget-by-wpzoom allows Retrieve Embedded Sensitive Data.This issue affects WPZOOM Social Feed Widget & Block: from n/a through 2.4.1.
Sources
The tracker combines official, freely usable data sources – updated continuously:
- NVD (NIST) – CVEs, rating (CVSS), affected products
- CISA KEV – vulnerabilities confirmed by CISA as actively exploited
- CISA Vulnrichment – CISA assessment (SSVC) in the official CVE record
- FIRST EPSS – probability of exploitation
- Microsoft MSRC – Patch Tuesday: vulnerabilities, severity, updates
- PoC-in-GitHub – public proof-of-concept repositories
- Metasploit (Rapid7) – modules of the Metasploit Framework
- Exploit-DB (OffSec) – archive of public exploits (links only)
- Patch days: official vendor pages (linked per vendor) (Vendor patch days)
This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS data © FIRST.org.
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