Passster – Password Protect Pages and Content <= 4.2.6.2 - Missing Authorization to Sensitive Information Exposure
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- 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-200.
Summary
The Passster – Password Protect Pages and Content plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.6.2 via API. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to obtain post titles, slugs, IDs, content and other metadata including passwords of password-protected posts and pages.
Why it matters now
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
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-0616
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-59w9-qgx6-7jfp
References
More wpchill Passster vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-10452 Information disclosure in wpchill Passster – Password Protect Pages and Content CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2024-01886 Passster <= 4.2.6.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via content_protector Shortcode CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
Sources
- CVE-2024-0616 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-0616 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-59w9-qgx6-7jfp · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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