CVE-2025-10720 WP Private Content Plus <= 3.6.2 - Password Protection Bypass
Unauthenticated attackers can bypass password protection on protected content by manually setting a specific client-side cookie.
- 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-2025-10720?
CVE-2025-10720 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Unknown WP Private Content Plus, published on 13 Oct 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The WP Private Content Plus through 3.6.2 provides a global content protection feature that requires a password. However, the access control check is based only on the presence of an unprotected client-side cookie. As a result, an unauthenticated attacker can completely bypass the password protection by manually setting the cookie value in their browser.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-10720?
How do I fix CVE-2025-10720?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-10720 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2025-10720 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-10720 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gc32-f5qg-q57v.