Edit Password Protected 2.0.0 — 2.0.6 - Unauthenticated Access Mode Bypass
CVE-2026-90952Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: 2.0.0 – 2.0.6Update to 2.0.7 or newer
All remediation steps- 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?
WPEPP – All In One WordPress Security, Firewall, Malware Scanner & Login Protection wp-edit-password-protected
- Affected2.0.0 – 2.0.6
- Patched in2.0.7
Update to 2.0.7 or newer.
You are affected if you run 2.0.0 – 2.0.6. Version 2.0.7 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.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 2.0.7, 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 Artus KG.
The WPEPP – Essential Security, Password Protect & Login Page Customizer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to protection mechanism failure in versions 2.0.0 to 2.0.6. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to access the entire site even when in a protected mode.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium4.3 | Unauthenticated Protection Bypass ≤1.3.4Update to 1.3.5 | CVE-2025-8945 | |
| 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 |
- Medium4.3Unauthenticated Protection Bypass
≤1.3.4Update to 1.3.5
- 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 5.3
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.