# CVE-2024-11282: Information disclosure in Passster – Password Protect Pages and Content

> Unauthenticated attackers can bypass content restrictions to expose sensitive data from restricted posts via the WordPress search feature.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 7 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wg7g-4jwx-j6rf

## What is CVE-2024-11282?

CVE-2024-11282 is a medium-severity vulnerability in wpchill Passster – Password Protect Pages and Content, published on 7 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Passster – Password Protect Pages and Content plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.10 via the WordPress core search feature. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data from posts that have been restricted to higher-level roles such as administrator.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-11282?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wpchill Passster.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-11282?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-11282 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-11282 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-11282 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in wpchill Passster – Password Protect Pages and Content

- [CVE-2024-2026](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2026/): Passster <= 4.2.6.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via content_protector Shortcode (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2024-0616](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0616/): Passster – Password Protect Pages and Content <= 4.2.6.2 - Missing Authorization to Sensitive Information Exposure (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-11282 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-11282 is a medium-severity vulnerability in wpchill Passster – Password Protect Pages and Content, published on 7 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-11282 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: wpchill Passster – Password Protect Pages and Content. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11282/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11282/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-11282
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-11282
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-11282

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11282/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.