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TI-2026-12584 Aliases CVE-2026-14943GHSA-qmm8-q2c2-c4m3

Password Protected < 2.8.4 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure via REST API

Priority HIGH 72CWE-200Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-200.

Summary

The Password Protected — Lock Entire Site, Pages, Posts, Categories, and Partial Content WordPress plugin before 2.8.4 does not restrict REST API access to authenticated users when a specific option is enabled, allowing unauthenticated visitors to bypass the sitewide password gate and read otherwise-protected content and account identifiers via the REST API. This re-introduces a previously-fixed issue (CVE-2024-0437), which was patched in 2.6.7 and regressed in 2.6.8.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00441 38th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA
Fix Fixed Password Protected — Lock Entire Site, Pages, Posts, Categories, and Partial Content (Unknown): 2.8.4

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
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
UnknownPassword Protected — Lock Entire Site, Pages, Posts, Categories, and Partial Content2.6.8 to before 2.8.42.8.4Patch availableCNA
  • Password Protected — Lock Entire Site, Pages, Posts, Categories, and Partial Content VendorUnknown Affected 2.6.8 to before 2.8.4 Fixed in 2.8.4 Patch available CNA

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Password Protected — Lock Entire Site, Pages, Posts, Categories, and Partial Content (Unknown) Fixed in 2.8.4

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-14943
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qmm8-q2c2-c4m3

References

Exploit 1

Sources

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