Password Protected – Ultimate Plugin to Password Protect Your WordPress Content with Ease <= 2.6.6 - Missing Authorization to Sensitive Information Exposure

4.3
Improper Access Control
CVE CVE-2024-0437
CVSS 4.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published May 14, 2024
Last Updated May 14, 2024
Researcher Francesco Carlucci

Description

The Password Protected – Ultimate Plugin to Password Protect Your WordPress Content with Ease plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.6 via the API. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber access or higher, to extract post titles and content, thus bypassing the plugin's password protection.

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Vulnerability Details for Password Protected – Password Protect your WordPress Site, Pages, & WooCommerce Products – Restrict Content, Protect WooCommerce Category, and more

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug password-protected (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 2.6.7, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 2.6.6
Patched Version
  • 2.6.7

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