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TI-2025-03032 Aliases CVE-2025-3453GHSA-vmhf-wmj5-jx54

Incorrect authorization in saadiqbal Password Protected — Lock Entire Site, Pages, Posts…

Priority LOW 30CWE-863Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
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-863.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00371 31st 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
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
saadiqbalPassword Protected — Lock Entire Site, Pages, Posts, Categories, and Partial Contentup to 2.7.7—No fix listedCNA
  • Password Protected — Lock Entire Site, Pages, Posts, Categories, and Partial Content Vendorsaadiqbal Affected up to 2.7.7 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-3453
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vmhf-wmj5-jx54

References

Other 3

  • 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
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Sources

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