CVE-2025-5998

Description

The PPWP – Password Protect Pages WordPress plugin before version 1.9.11 allows to put the site content behind a password authorization, however users with subscriber or greater roles can view content via the REST API.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-06-11 | Published 2025-08-14 | Updated 2025-08-14 | Assigner WPScan

Problem types

CWE-280 Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges

Product status

Credits

Pierre Rudloff finder

WPScan coordinator

References

wpscan.com/...rability/17bad181-6cea-445e-b91c-22415d90743e/ exploit vdb-entry technical-description

cve.org (CVE-2025-5998)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-5998)

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