CVE-2026-14943

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

Published Aug 7, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions password Protected
Vendors & Products Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions password Protected
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Weaknesses CWE-200
CWE-284
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Description 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.
Title Password Protected < 2.8.4 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure via REST API
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
WPScan
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2026, 6:03 PM
Reserved
Jul 7, 2026, 12:05 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Aug 7, 2026, 6:16 AM
Modified
Aug 26, 2026, 4:31 PM