6.4

CVE-2025-14865: wordpress content-protector Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 6.4v3.1MediumDeferred
Published 28-01-2026Last modified 08-04-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-14865 is a medium (CVSS 6.4) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in wordpress content-protector. EPSS estimates a 0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 19% of scored vulnerabilities. Fixed in 4.2.25.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.4/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.28%
0%100%
Low · +0.02 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 28-01-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Passster – Password Protect Pages and Content plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'content_protector' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.24. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The vulnerability was partially patched in version 4.2.21.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.28%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

19%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.02 pp

From 0.26% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.28%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Wordpress1 product
  • content-protector≤ 4.2.24 (fixed in 4.2.25)
Wpchill1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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