Vulnerability · Published May 14, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-0437Password Protected – Ultimate Plugin to Password Protect Your WordPress Content with Ease <= 2.6.6 - Missing Authorization to Sensitive Information Exposure
Medium 4.3
In plain English
A medium-severity improper access control in Password Protected — Lock Entire Site, Pages, Posts, Categories, and Partial Content from saadiqbal. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 28% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Password Protected – Ultimate Plugin to Password Protect Your WordPress Content with Ease plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.6 via the API. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber access or higher, to extract post titles and content, thus bypassing the plugin's password protection.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| saadiqbal | Password Protected — Lock Entire Site, Pages, Posts, Categories, and Partial Content | 0 – through 2.6.6 |
Weakness: CWE-284 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N