CVE-2025-11244 Password Protected <= 2.7.11 - Unauthenticated Authorization Bypass via IP Address Spoofing
Attackers can bypass site authorization by spoofing IP headers if the transients feature is enabled, allowing unauthorized access to protected content.
- 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-2025-11244?
CVE-2025-11244 is a low-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in saadiqbal Password Protected — Lock Entire Site, Pages, Posts, Categories, and Partial Content, published on 25 Oct 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Password Protected plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass via IP address spoofing in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.11. This is due to the plugin trusting client-controlled HTTP headers (such as X-Forwarded-For, HTTP_CLIENT_IP, and similar headers) to determine user IP addresses in the `pp_get_ip_address()` function when the "Use transients" feature is enabled. This makes it possible for attackers to bypass authorization by spoofing these headers with the IP address of a legitimately authenticated user, granted the "Use transients" option is enabled (non-default configuration) and the site is not behind a CDN or reverse proxy that overwrites these headers.
Weakness: CWE-285
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-11244?
How do I fix CVE-2025-11244?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-11244 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-2025-11244 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-11244 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qpv7-hgm5-vr7r.