CVE-2024-0656 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-0656: Password Protected <= 2.6.6 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Vendor Saadiqbal
Product Password Protected — Lock Entire Site, Pages, Posts, Categories, and Partial Content
Weakness CWE-79 · XSS
Published February 20, 2024
Last update April 8, 2026
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CVSS base score

4.4/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

The Password Protected – Ultimate Plugin to Password Protect Your WordPress Content with Ease plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Google Captcha Site Key in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

February 20, 2024 CVE published
April 8, 2026 Record updated

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04Related CVE

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