Improper access control in saadiqbal Password Protected — Lock Entire Site, Pages, Posts…
Priority LOW 20CWE-284Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-284.
Summary
The Password Protected – Ultimate Plugin to Password Protect Your WordPress Content with Ease plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.6 via the API. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber access or higher, to extract post titles and content, thus bypassing the plugin's password protection.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00342 27th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| saadiqbal | Password Protected — Lock Entire Site, Pages, Posts, Categories, and Partial Content | up to 2.6.6 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Password Protected — Lock Entire Site, Pages, Posts, Categories, and Partial Content Vendorsaadiqbal Affected up to 2.6.6 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-0437
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-grrx-rcvg-88x9
References
More saadiqbal vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-10849 Missing authorization in saadiqbal Post SMTP – Complete Email Deliverability and SMTP… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-29006 WordPress myCred plugin <= 2.7.2 - PHP Object Injection vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-36263 WordPress All In One Login plugin <= 2.0.8 - Bypass Vulnerability vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2026-05814 WPFormify <= 1.1.1 - Missing Authorization CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
- TI-2025-42518 WordPress New User Approve plugin <= 3.2.0 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
- TI-2024-35074 WordPress User Management plugin <= 1.1 - Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
Sources
- CVE-2024-0437 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-0437 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-grrx-rcvg-88x9 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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