CVE-2025-5998 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Wordpress	Wordpress

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References

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

History

Thu, 14 Aug 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Thu, 14 Aug 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Wordpress Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products		Wordpress Wordpress wordpress

Thu, 14 Aug 2025 09:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		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.
Title		PPWP < 1.9.11 - Subscriber+ Access Bypass via REST API
References		https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/17bad181-6cea-445e-b91c-22415d90743e/

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2025-08-14T08:48:54.861Z

Updated: 2025-08-14T14:49:42.824Z

Reserved: 2025-06-11T13:37:36.397Z

Link: CVE-2025-5998

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-08-14T13:38:32.830Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-08-14T09:15:26.887

Modified: 2025-08-14T15:15:41.677

Link: CVE-2025-5998

Redhat

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