CVE-2026-14943
Password Protected < 2.8.4 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure via REST API
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.5 High
- Published
- Aug 7, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2026
- Reserved
- Jul 7, 2026
Description
The Password Protected — Lock Entire Site, Pages, Posts, Categories, and Partial Content WordPress plugin before 2.8.4 does not restrict REST API access to authenticated users when a specific option is enabled, allowing unauthenticated visitors to bypass the sitewide password gate and read otherwise-protected content and account identifiers via the REST API. This re-introduces a previously-fixed issue (CVE-2024-0437), which was patched in 2.6.7 and regressed in 2.6.8.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.5 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Password Protected — Lock Entire Site, Pages, Posts, Categories, and Partial ContentUnknown |
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References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/874ada86-f13b-44f9-85e6-f2ec16e82f85/exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
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