CVE-2025-3453 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-3453: Password Protected – Password Protect your WordPress Site, Pages, & WooCommerce Products <= 2.7.7 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure

Vendor Saadiqbal
Product Password Protected — Lock Entire Site, Pages, Posts, Categories, and Partial Content
Weakness CWE-863 · Incorrect authorization
Published April 17, 2025
Last update April 8, 2026
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CVSS base score

5.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 17, 2025 CVE published
April 8, 2026 Record updated