CVE-2025-8945 PUBLISHED

Wp Edit Password Protected < 1.3.5 - Protection Bypass via REST API

Assigner: WPScan
Reserved: 13.08.2025 Published: 02.09.2026 Updated: 02.09.2026

The Wp Edit Password Protected WordPress plugin before 1.3.5 allows protecting page content, but this protection can be bypassed by using the REST API.

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CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score: 5.3

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	Low
Privileges Required	None	Integrity Impact	None
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	None

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	Unknown
Product	Wp Edit Password Protected
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 0 to 1.3.5 (excl.)

Credits

Pierre Rudloff finder
WPScan coordinator

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/37cec6e0-a349-4cc7-971d-b370bc733ab6/

Problem Types

CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization CWE