Edit Password Protected <= 1.3.4 — Unauthenticated Protection Bypass
CVE-2025-8945Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤1.3.4Update to 1.3.5 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?
WPEPP – All In One WordPress Security, Firewall, Malware Scanner & Login Protection wp-edit-password-protected
- Affected≤ 1.3.4
- Patched in1.3.5
Update to 1.3.5 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 1.3.4. Version 1.3.5 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under WPEPP – All In One WordPress Security, Firewall, Malware Scanner & Login Protection.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 1.3.5, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch WPEPP – All In One WordPress Security, Firewall, Malware Scanner & Login Protection to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Pierre Rudloff.
The WPEPP – Essential Security, Password Protect & Login Page Customizer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Protection Bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Custom-level access and above, to view password protected content via REST API.
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 WPEPP – All In One WordPress Security, Firewall, Malware Scanner & Login Protection
All 5| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium5.3 | 2.0.6 - Unauthenticated Access Mode Bypass 2.0.0 – 2.0.6Update to 2.0.7 | CVE-2026-90952 | |
| Medium4.7 | Open Redirect ≤1.3.4Update to 1.3.5 | CVE-2025-9034 | |
| Medium4.3 | Missing Authorization ≤3.6.0Update to 3.6.1 | — | |
| Medium4.3 | Cross-Site Request Forgery ≤3.6.0Update to 3.6.1 | CVE-2022-47150 |
- Medium5.32.0.6 - Unauthenticated Access Mode Bypass
2.0.0 – 2.0.6Update to 2.0.7
- Medium4.7Open Redirect
≤1.3.4Update to 1.3.5
- Medium4.3Missing Authorization
≤3.6.0Update to 3.6.1
- Medium4.3Cross-Site Request Forgery
≤3.6.0Update to 3.6.1
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
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- 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.