Vulnerability · Published Apr 17, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-3453Password Protected – Password Protect your WordPress Site, Pages, & WooCommerce Products <= 2.7.7 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure
Medium 5.3
In plain English
A medium-severity incorrect authorization 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 0.4% (higher than 31% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Password Protected – Password Protect your WordPress Site, Pages, & WooCommerce Products – Restrict Content, Protect WooCommerce Category and more plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.7 via the 'password_protected_cookie' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including all protected site content if the 'Use Transient' setting is enabled.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| saadiqbal | Password Protected — Lock Entire Site, Pages, Posts, Categories, and Partial Content | 0 – through 2.7.7 |
Weakness: CWE-863 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N