PPWP โ€“ Password Protect Pages <= 1.8.9 - Protection Mechanism Bypass

5.3
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE CVE-2024-0620
CVSS 5.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published February 7, 2024
Last Updated February 20, 2024
Researcher Francesco Carlucci

Description

The PPWP โ€“ Password Protect Pages plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.9 via API. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to obtain post titles, IDs, slugs as well as other information including for password-protected posts.

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Vulnerability Details for PPWP โ€“ Password Protect Pages

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug password-protect-page (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.9.0, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.8.9
Patched Version
  • 1.9.0

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