Vulnerability · Published Feb 20, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence

CVE-2024-0620PPWP – Password Protect Pages <= 1.8.9 - Protection Mechanism Bypass

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity information exposure in PPWP – Password Protect Pages from buildwps. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 42% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 58.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The PPWP – Password Protect Pages plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.9 via API. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to obtain post titles, IDs, slugs as well as other information including for password-protected posts.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
buildwps PPWP – Password Protect Pages 0 – through 1.8.9

Weakness: CWE-200 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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