CVE-2025-15674: unknown passster Incorrect Authorization
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2025-15674 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in unknown passster. EPSS estimates a 0.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded. Fixed in 4.3.7.
Timeline
- 06-08-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The Passster WordPress plugin before 4.3.7 does not restrict low-privilege users holding the edit_posts capability from reading globally password-protected content through the WordPress core REST API when global protection is enabled, allowing any Contributor or higher to read the content of protected pages and posts without knowing the password.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version- CVE.orgCNA2.7LowCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NDiffers
- NVDNIST2.7LowCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NDiffers
EPSS trend
Probability
0.30%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
21%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.08 pp
From 0.22% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (wpscan.com)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root cause- CWE-863Incorrect AuthorizationThe product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check.
- CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorThe product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.
Affected systems
Unknown1 product
- passster< 4.3.7
Wordpress1 product
- content-protector≤ 4.3.6 (fixed in 4.3.7)
2 vendors · 2 products