CVE-2024-0620 PPWP – Password Protect Pages <= 1.8.9 - Protection Mechanism Bypass
Unauthenticated attackers can bypass password protection to access sensitive post metadata via the API.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-0620?
CVE-2024-0620 is a medium-severity vulnerability in buildwps PPWP – Password Protect Pages, published on 20 Feb 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The PPWP – Password Protect Pages plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.9 via API. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to obtain post titles, IDs, slugs as well as other information including for password-protected posts.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0620?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Passwordprotectwp Password Protect Wordpress.
How do I fix CVE-2024-0620?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0620 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-0620 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0620 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in buildwps PPWP – Password Protect Pages
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mvj6-h82m-cjxf.