PPWP – Password Protect Pages <= 1.9.10 — Authenticated (Subscriber+) Content Exposure via REST API
CVE-2025-5998Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤1.9.10Update to 1.9.11 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium4.3
- CVSS
- 4.3CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:LConfidentiality- Low
I:NIntegrity- None
A:NAvailability- None
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
PPWP – Password Protect Pages password-protect-page
- Affected≤ 1.9.10
- Patched in1.9.11
Update to 1.9.11 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 1.9.10. Version 1.9.11 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under PPWP – Password Protect Pages.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 1.9.11, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch PPWP – Password Protect Pages to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Pierre Rudloff.
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.
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 PPWP – Password Protect Pages
All 12| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| High7.2 | Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via '[ppwp]' Shortcode 'desc_below_form' Attribute via Placeholder Marker Collision ≤1.9.26Update to 1.9.27 | CVE-2026-116520 | |
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤1.9.21Update to 1.9.22 | CVE-2025-9878 | |
| High8.8 | Authenticated (Contributor+) PHP Object Injection via post_protection_roles ≤1.9.18Update to 1.9.19 | CVE-2026-0551 | |
| Medium4.3 | Improper Authorization To Authenticated (Contributor+) Master Password Exposure ≤1.9.15Update to 1.9.16 | CVE-2025-11729 | |
| Medium4.3 | Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Contributor+) Password Protected Post Password Update ≤1.9.20Update to 1.9.21 | CVE-2025-10005 |
- High7.2Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via '[ppwp]' Shortcode 'desc_below_form' Attribute via Placeholder Marker Collision
≤1.9.26Update to 1.9.27
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤1.9.21Update to 1.9.22
- High8.8Authenticated (Contributor+) PHP Object Injection via post_protection_roles
≤1.9.18Update to 1.9.19
- Medium4.3Improper Authorization To Authenticated (Contributor+) Master Password Exposure
≤1.9.15Update to 1.9.16
- Medium4.3Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Contributor+) Password Protected Post Password Update
≤1.9.20Update to 1.9.21
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 4.3
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- [object Object]. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.