CVE-2025-3453
Password Protected – Password Protect your WordPress Site, Pages, & WooCommerce Products <= 2.7.7 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure
CVSS Score
5.3
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
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.
| CWE | CWE-863 |
| Vendor | saadiqbal |
| Product | password protected — lock entire site, pages, posts, categories, and partial content |
| Published | Apr 17, 2025 |
| Last Updated | Apr 8, 2026 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Affected Versions
saadiqbal / Password Protected — Lock Entire Site, Pages, Posts, Categories, and Partial Content
0 ≤ 2.7.7
References
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/241d75ca-55e3-461a-9844-52e69904da1b?source=cve 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/
Credits
Brian Sans-Souci Audrey François