Vulnerabilites related to Unknown - PPWP – Password Protect Pages
CVE-2025-5998 (GCVE-0-2025-5998)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-08-14 08:48
Modified
2025-08-14 14:49
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
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