CVE-2026-125409

Passster <= 4.3.21 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'metavalue' Parameter

Published Nov 13, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 6.4 Medium EPSS n/a KEV · Not listed
Description
The Passster – Password Protect Pages and Content plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'metavalue (metakeyinput=passster_id | passster_headline)' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 4.3.21 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. A Contributor can break out of the shortcode attribute context by embedding a ] character in the passster_id or passster_headline meta value to prematurely close the opening shortcode tag, then append a [/passster] closing tag so that the trailing HTML payload is emitted verbatim by do_shortcode() — bypassing the per-attribute escaping present inside render_shortcode() — and the script will also execute in an editor's or administrator's browser when they preview the Contributor's pending post, since filter_the_content() has no edit-permission capability gate.

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Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Passster – Password Protect Pages and Content plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'metavalue (metakeyinput=passster_id | passster_headline)' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 4.3.21 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. A Contributor can break out of the shortcode attribute context by embedding a ] character in the passster_id or passster_headline meta value to prematurely close the opening shortcode tag, then append a [/passster] closing tag so that the trailing HTML payload is emitted verbatim by do_shortcode() — bypassing the per-attribute escaping present inside render_shortcode() — and the script will also execute in an editor's or administrator's browser when they preview the Contributor's pending post, since filter_the_content() has no edit-permission capability gate.
Title Passster <= 4.3.21 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'metavalue' Parameter
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Wordfence
Published
Updated
Nov 13, 2026, 9:35 AM
Reserved
Nov 9, 2026, 10:24 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Nov 13, 2026, 10:17 AM
Modified
Nov 13, 2026, 10:17 AM