CVE-2025-11729 Missing authorization in PPWP – Password Protect Pages
Authenticated contributors can bypass authorization checks to retrieve the master password and access protected content in the PPWP WordPress plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-11729?
CVE-2025-11729 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in buildwps PPWP – Password Protect Pages, published on 18 Aug 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-285
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-11729?
How do I fix CVE-2025-11729?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-11729 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-11729 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-11729 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9ppj-ppgq-52c9.