5.3

CVE-2025-3453: saadiqbal password protected — lock entire site, pages, posts, categories, and partial content Incorrect Authorization

CVSS: 5.3v3.1MediumDeferred
Published 17-04-2025Last modified 08-04-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-3453 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in saadiqbal password protected — lock entire site, pages, posts, categories, and partial content. EPSS estimates a 0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 29.5% of scored vulnerabilities. Fixed in 2.7.8.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.37%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 17-04-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Password Protected – Password Protect your WordPress Site, Pages, & WooCommerce Products – Restrict Content, Protect WooCommerce Category and more plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.7 via the 'password_protected_cookie' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including all protected site content if the 'Use Transient' setting is enabled.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.37%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

30%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.36% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.37%

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

Saadiqbal1 product
Wordpress1 product
  • password-protected≤ 2.7.7 (fixed in 2.7.8)

2 vendors · 2 products

References

4 links