Passster – Password Protect Pages and Content < 4.3.9 - Missing Authorization

5.3
Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2026-17559
CVSS 5.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published August 24, 2026
Last Updated August 24, 2026
Researcher Erwan LR - WPScan

Description

The Passster – Password Protect Pages and Content plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access in all versions up to 4.3.9. This is due to a missing capability check on a function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to perform an unauthorized action.

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Vulnerability Details for Passster – Password Protect Pages and Content

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug content-protector (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 4.3.9, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • < 4.3.9
Patched Version
  • 4.3.9

Recent vulnerabilities in Passster – Password Protect Pages and Content

# Title CVE ID CVSS Researchers Date
1 Passster – Password Protect Pages and Content <= 4.3.13 - Missing Authorization CVE-2026-62114 5.3 Salúa Es-sair September 11, 2026
2 Passster – Password Protect Pages and Content < 4.3.6 - Missing Authorization CVE-2026-16604 5.3 Revanth Hari Narayana Matte August 5, 2026
3 Content Protector (Passster) <= 4.3.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Sensitive Information Exposure CVE-2025-15674 4.3 Pierre Rudloff August 3, 2026
4 Content Protector (Passster) <= 4.3.5 - Unauthenticated Category-Locked Content Disclosure CVE-2026-16603 5.3 Revanth Hari Narayana Matte July 27, 2026
5 Content Protector (Passster) <= 4.3.5 - Unauthenticated Non-Public Post Content Disclosure CVE-2026-16602 5.3 Revanth Hari Narayana Matte July 27, 2026
6 Passster <= 4.2.25 - Unauthenticated Global Content Protection Bypass CVE-2025-15490 5.3 Alex Tselevich February 17, 2026
7 Passster <= 4.2.23 - Unauthenticated Protected Content Disclosure CVE-2025-15489 5.3 Alex Tselevich February 17, 2026
8 Passster <= 4.2.25 - Missing Authorization CVE-2026-25036 4.3 johska February 12, 2026
9 Passster – Password Protect Pages and Content <= 4.2.24 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode CVE-2025-14865 6.4 Muhammad Yudha - DJ January 27, 2026
10 Passster <= 4.2.19 - Unauthenticated Information Exposure CVE-2025-64218 5.3 Que Thanh Tuan - Blue Rock November 12, 2025

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