WordPress plugin
Page Restrict <= 2.5.5 — Protection Mechanism Bypass
CVE-2024-0682Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤2.5.5No patch available
What to do until a fix ships- Severity
- Medium5.3
- CVSS
- 5.3CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:LConfidentiality- Low
I:NIntegrity- None
A:NAvailability- None
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Page Restrict pagerestrict
- Affected≤ 2.5.5
- PatchedNo fix yet
No patched version available.
You are affected if you run ≤ 2.5.5. No fixed version has been released.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Page Restrict.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Page Restrict to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Francesco Carlucci.
The Page Restrict plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to information disclosure in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.5. This is due to the plugin not properly restricting access to posts via the REST API when a page has been made private. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to view protected posts.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in Page Restrict
All 3| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium4.3 | Cross-Site Request Forgery via pr_admin_page ≤2.5.5No patch available | CVE-2024-24702 | |
| Medium6.5 | Stored Cross-Site Scripting <2.2.2Update to 2.2.2 | — |
- Medium4.3Cross-Site Request Forgery via pr_admin_page
≤2.5.5No patch available
- Medium6.5Stored Cross-Site Scripting
<2.2.2Update to 2.2.2
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 5.3
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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