CVE-2025-5998

6.5 mediumEPSS 0.3%

Medium (6.5) in passwordprotectwp password protect wordpress. EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The PPWP – Password Protect Pages WordPress plugin before version 1.9.11 allows to put the site content behind a password authorization, however users with subscriber or greater roles can view content via the REST API.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

6.5 medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 24% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
Published: 2025-08-14
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

passwordprotectwp:password_protect_wordpress

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/17bad181-6cea-445e-b91c-22415d90743e/
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/17bad181-6cea-445e-b91c-22415d90743e/

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