TI-2024-00606 Aliases CVE-2024-0656 GHSA-994h-mf2h-6f5r

Password Protected <= 2.6.6 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

LOW 22CWE-79Published 2024-02-20 · Updated 2026-04-08

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: High
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · Low · None
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

The Password Protected – Ultimate Plugin to Password Protect Your WordPress Content with Ease plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Google Captcha Site Key in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00337 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

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:wpexperts:password_protected::::::wordpress::*	before 2.6.7	Vulnerable	WPExperts

cpe:2.3:a:wpexperts:password_protected:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 2.6.7 Vulnerable ·WPExperts

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-0656
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-994h-mf2h-6f5r

References

Patch 1

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3034934%40password-protected&new=3034934%40password-protected&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=

Advisory 1

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/aba36c3b-beae-4c47-8aa8-5012a7a838ce?source=cve

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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

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Sources

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