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TI-2025-10297 Aliases CVE-2025-11244GHSA-qpv7-hgm5-vr7r

Password Protected <= 2.7.11 - Unauthenticated Authorization Bypass via IP Address Spoofing

Priority LOW 17CWE-285Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
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-285.

Summary

The Password Protected plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass via IP address spoofing in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.11. This is due to the plugin trusting client-controlled HTTP headers (such as X-Forwarded-For, HTTP_CLIENT_IP, and similar headers) to determine user IP addresses in the `pp_get_ip_address()` function when the "Use transients" feature is enabled. This makes it possible for attackers to bypass authorization by spoofing these headers with the IP address of a legitimately authenticated user, granted the "Use transients" option is enabled (non-default configuration) and the site is not behind a CDN or reverse proxy that overwrites these headers.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00306 23rd 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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
saadiqbalPassword Protected — Lock Entire Site, Pages, Posts, Categories, and Partial Contentup to 2.7.11—No fix listedCNA
  • Password Protected — Lock Entire Site, Pages, Posts, Categories, and Partial Content Vendorsaadiqbal Affected up to 2.7.11 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-2025-11244
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qpv7-hgm5-vr7r

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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