# CVE-2024-12637: Moving Users <= 1.05 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure

> Unauthenticated attackers can access sensitive user data like emails and hashed passwords due to predictable file locations in the Moving Users plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5vw8-cc54-v3pg

## What is CVE-2024-12637?

CVE-2024-12637 is a medium-severity vulnerability in katsushi-kawamori Moving Users, published on 17 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Moving Users plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.05 via the export functionality. The JSON files are stored in predictable locations with guessable file names when exporting user data. This could allow unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive user data, for instance, email addresses, hashed passwords, and IP addresses.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12637?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-12637?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12637 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-12637 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12637 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-12637 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-12637 is a medium-severity vulnerability in katsushi-kawamori Moving Users, published on 17 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12637 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: katsushi-kawamori Moving Users. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12637/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12637/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-12637
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12637
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-12637

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12637/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.