CVE-2025-3453: CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization in saadiqbal Password Protected — Lock Entire Site, Pages, Posts, Categories, and Partial Content
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.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-3453 involves an incorrect authorization flaw (CWE-863) in the 'password_protected_cookie' function of the 'Password Protected' WordPress plugin by saadiqbal. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and retrieve sensitive content protected by the plugin, including site pages, posts, and WooCommerce products, if the 'Use Transient' feature is enabled. The vulnerability affects all plugin versions up to 2.7.7. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 5.3, indicating a medium severity with network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, and no user interaction needed. The impact is limited to confidentiality loss without integrity or availability impact. No patch or official remediation guidance has been provided at this time.
Potential Impact
An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to access sensitive protected content on a WordPress site using the affected plugin with the 'Use Transient' setting enabled. This results in unauthorized disclosure of confidential site content. There is no impact on data integrity or availability. No known exploits are currently reported in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is available, consider disabling the 'Use Transient' setting in the plugin configuration to reduce exposure. Monitor official channels for updates from the plugin vendor regarding patches or workarounds.
CVE-2025-3453: CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization in saadiqbal Password Protected — Lock Entire Site, Pages, Posts, Categories, and Partial Content
Description
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.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-3453 involves an incorrect authorization flaw (CWE-863) in the 'password_protected_cookie' function of the 'Password Protected' WordPress plugin by saadiqbal. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and retrieve sensitive content protected by the plugin, including site pages, posts, and WooCommerce products, if the 'Use Transient' feature is enabled. The vulnerability affects all plugin versions up to 2.7.7. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 5.3, indicating a medium severity with network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, and no user interaction needed. The impact is limited to confidentiality loss without integrity or availability impact. No patch or official remediation guidance has been provided at this time.
Potential Impact
An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to access sensitive protected content on a WordPress site using the affected plugin with the 'Use Transient' setting enabled. This results in unauthorized disclosure of confidential site content. There is no impact on data integrity or availability. No known exploits are currently reported in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is available, consider disabling the 'Use Transient' setting in the plugin configuration to reduce exposure. Monitor official channels for updates from the plugin vendor regarding patches or workarounds.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 2025-04-08T15:51:36.979Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 699f6b2bb7ef31ef0b54ef63
Added to database: 2/25/2026, 9:35:39 PM
Last enriched: 4/9/2026, 9:28:37 PM
Last updated: 4/12/2026, 6:21:25 AM
Views: 17
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