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CVE-2026-14943: Password Protected (WordPress plugin) · Information Exposure

Affects Password Protected (WordPress plugin)Source CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.5 High : upgrade to 2.8.4 soon.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 00:01 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.5High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 38% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 2.8.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 7 Aug 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 5 Nov 2026.

What to do

Upgrade Password Protected (WordPress plugin) to 2.8.4.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Password Protected — Lock Entire Site, Pages, Posts, Categories, and Partial ContentAffected
  • >=2.6.8 <2.8.4
Fixed in
  • 2.8.4

AI-suggested

If you cannot patch yet, avoid enabling the specific option that allows REST API access without authentication or downgrade to version 2.6.7 where the issue was fixed.

Description

The Password Protected WordPress plugin before version 2.8.4 has a vulnerability that allows unauthenticated users to bypass the sitewide password protection via the REST API when a specific option is enabled. This issue re-introduces a previously fixed flaw that was patched in version 2.6.7 but regressed in 2.6.8. The vulnerability permits unauthorized reading of protected content and account identifiers.

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