CVE-2025-3453
MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS 3.1
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.
Affected WordPress components
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Password Protected — Lock Entire Site, Pages, Posts, Categories, and Partial Content Plugin · password-protectedUp to and including 2.7.7View on WordPress.org
A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.
Affected products and versions
- saadiqbal Password Protected — Lock Entire Site, Pages, Posts, Categories, and Partial Content — Up to and including 2.7.7
References
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/password-protected/trunk/includes/compatibility.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3274358/
- www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/241d75ca-55e3-461a-9844-52e69904da1b?source=cve
- nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record