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GHSA-858F-824M-5P75

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-08-14 09:30 – Updated: 2025-08-14 15:30

Details

The PPWP – Password Protect Pages WordPress plugin before version 1.9.11 allows to put the site content behind a password authorization, however users with subscriber or greater roles can view content via the REST API.

Severity ?

6.5 (Medium)


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

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CVE-2025-5998 (GCVE-0-2025-5998)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-14 08:48 – Updated: 2025-08-14 14:49

Title

PPWP < 1.9.11 - Subscriber+ Access Bypass via REST API

Summary

Severity ?

6.5 (Medium)


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

CWE

CWE-280 Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges

Assigner

WPScan

References

URL

Tags

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/17bad181-6cea-44…

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Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Unknown	PPWP – Password Protect Pages	Affected: 0 , < 1.9.11 (semver)

Credits

Pierre Rudloff WPScan

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Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-858F-824M-5P75

CVE-2025-5998 (GCVE-0-2025-5998)

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