CVE-2025-11729 (GCVE-0-2025-11729)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-18 23:25 – Updated: 2026-08-18 23:25
VLAI
Title
PPWP: Password Protect Pages, Posts & Full or Partial Content <= 1.9.15 - Improper Authorization To Authenticated (Contributor+) Master Password Exposure
Summary
The PPWP: Password Protect Pages, Posts & Full or Partial Content plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a improper capability check on the can_access function in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.15. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to retrieve a master-password and access any password-protected content.
CWE
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
buildwps PPWP – Password Protect Pages Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.9.15 (semver)
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