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WordPress Plugin: content-protector: CVE-2021-24881: Missing Authorization

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Published

Dec 29, 2022

Added

May 15, 2025

Modified

Apr 30, 2026

Description

The Passster plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in versions up to, and including, 3.5.5.8 due to the function 'validate_input' allowing password protection bypass. This can allow unauthenticated attackers to extract basic data including private posts.

Solution

content-protector-plugin-cve-2021-24881

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24881
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9ac2559a-c622-417c-a655-e92e8ac96770?source=api-prod
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2021-11793
CVE-2021-24881
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2021-24881
EUVD-EUVD-2021-11793

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