CVE-2026-14943 PUBLISHED

Password Protected < 2.8.4 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure via REST API

Assigner: WPScan
Reserved: 07.07.2026 Published: 07.08.2026 Updated: 07.08.2026

The Password Protected — Lock Entire Site, Pages, Posts, Categories, and Partial Content WordPress plugin before 2.8.4 does not restrict REST API access to authenticated users when a specific option is enabled, allowing unauthenticated visitors to bypass the sitewide password gate and read otherwise-protected content and account identifiers via the REST API. This re-introduces a previously-fixed issue (CVE-2024-0437), which was patched in 2.6.7 and regressed in 2.6.8.

Product Status

Vendor Unknown
Product Password Protected — Lock Entire Site, Pages, Posts, Categories, and Partial Content
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 2.6.8 to 2.8.4 (excl.)

Credits

  • Revanth Hari Narayana Matte finder
  • WPScan coordinator

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-200 Information Exposure CWE