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WordPress Plugin: password-protect-page: CVE-2025-5998: Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges

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Severity

CVSS

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

Published

Aug 25, 2025

Added

Aug 26, 2025

Modified

May 4, 2026

Description

The PPWP – Password Protect WordPress | #1 Most-Reviewed Password Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.10 due to insufficient protection on REST API endpoints when password protection is enabled. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract post and page content that should be hidden.

Solution

password-protect-page-plugin-cve-2025-5998

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-5998
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f9b392cb-04f9-475e-bfe3-d6086f2b5885?source=api-prod
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2025-24679
CVE-2025-5998
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2025-5998
EUVD-EUVD-2025-24679

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