Sharable Password Protected Posts <= 1.1.0 - Unauthenticated Password protected Post Exposure

2025-06-13 00:00

Pierre Rudloff

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.1.1

Affected PluginPrivate Post Share

Affected Version<= 1.1.0

CVSS5.3Medium

CVECVE-2025-5920

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Vulnerability Overview

The Sharable Password Protected Posts plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.0 due to password exposure of the _sppp_key key through the posts API. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract information from password protected posts.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.1.1, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor) The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-5920 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/128c6ab5-ddcf-4775-b390-db49da79e548

CVSS Vector

5.3

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

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