CVE-2024-0656

Password Protected <= 2.6.6 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Published Feb 20, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 4.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The Password Protected – Ultimate Plugin to Password Protect Your WordPress Content with Ease plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Google Captcha Site Key in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-16448 The Password Protected – Ultimate Plugin to Password Protect Your WordPress Content with Ease plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Google Captcha Site Key in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.
History
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Title Password Protected <= 2.6.6 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00166}

epss

{'score': 0.00225}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wpexperts
Wpexperts password Protected
Weaknesses CWE-79
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:wpexperts:password_protected:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Wpexperts
Wpexperts password Protected
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Wordfence
Published
Updated
Apr 8, 2026, 5:14 PM
Reserved
Jan 17, 2024, 2:58 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 29, 2024, 1:43 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 6:53 AM