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.
History

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 13:45:00 +0000

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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.
Title PPWP: Password Protect Pages, Posts & Full or Partial Content <= 1.9.15 - Improper Authorization To Authenticated (Contributor+) Master Password Exposure
Weaknesses CWE-285
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-18T23:25:59.669Z

Reserved: 2025-10-13T23:20:05.919Z

Link: CVE-2025-11729

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-19T00:16:24.943

Modified: 2026-08-19T00:16:24.943

Link: CVE-2025-11729

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-19T13:30:04Z