CVE-2025-3453
Password Protected – Password Protect your WordPress Site, Pages, & WooCommerce Products <= 2.7.7 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure
mediumIncorrect Authorization
5.3
CVSS Score
5.3
CVSS Score
medium
Severity
2.7.8
Patched in
1d
Time to patch
Description
The Password Protected – Password Protect your WordPress Site, Pages, & WooCommerce Products – Restrict Content, Protect WooCommerce Category and more plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.7 via the 'password_protected_cookie' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including all protected site content if the 'Use Transient' setting is enabled.
CVSS Vector Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NAttack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Low
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Technical Details
Affected versions
<=2.7.7PublishedApril 16, 2025
Last updatedApril 17, 2025
Affected pluginpassword-protected
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