Stop User Enumeration: A security weakness
Stop User Enumeration is affected by a security weakness. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- Stop User Enumeration
- Plugin slug
stop-user-enumeration- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Jul 17, 2025
- Weakness
- NVD-CWE-noinfo
This CVE was published Jul 17, 2025 and is one of 2 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Stop User Enumeration to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The Stop User Enumeration WordPress plugin before version 1.7.3 blocks REST API /wp-json/wp/v2/users/ requests for non-authorized users. However, this can be bypassed by URL-encoding the API path.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N