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CVE-2025-8945 (GCVE-0-2025-8945)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-02 14:25 – Updated: 2026-09-02 14:57

Title

Wp Edit Password Protected < 1.3.5 - Protection Bypass via REST API

Summary

The Wp Edit Password Protected WordPress plugin before 1.3.5 allows protecting page content, but this protection can be bypassed by using the REST API.

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-09-02 14:44 UTC

CWE

CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization
CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization

Assigner

WPScan mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/37cec6e0-a349-4c…	exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
Unknown	Wp Edit Password Protected	Affected: 0 , < 1.3.5 (semver)	guessed

Credits

Pierre Rudloff WPScan

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FKIE_CVE-2025-8945

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-09-02 15:17 - Updated: 2026-09-02 15:17

Severity

5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Summary

The Wp Edit Password Protected WordPress plugin before 1.3.5 allows protecting page content, but this protection can be bypassed by using the REST API.

References

	URL	Tags
	contact@wpscan.com	https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/37cec6e0-a349-4cc7-971d-b370bc733ab6/

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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GHSA-6X5Q-X4XW-V9VX

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-02 15:34 – Updated: 2026-09-02 15:34

Details

The Wp Edit Password Protected WordPress plugin before 1.3.5 allows protecting page content, but this protection can be bypassed by using the REST API.

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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  "modified": "2026-09-02T15:34:49Z",
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8945"
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Nomenclature

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Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
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CVE-2025-8945 (GCVE-0-2025-8945)

FKIE_CVE-2025-8945

GHSA-6X5Q-X4XW-V9VX

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