Edit Password Protected <= 1.3.4 - Unauthenticated Protection Bypass
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 1.3.5
- Affected Version
<= 1.3.4- CVSS
- 4.3Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-693 · Protection Mechanism Failure
- CVE
CVE-2025-8945
At a glance
CVE-2025-8945 is a medium-severity Protection Mechanism Failure vulnerability in the WPEPP WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.3.4. It carries a CVSS score of 4.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 1.3.5; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed August 2025, reported by Pierre Rudloff.
Vulnerability Overview
The WPEPP – Essential Security, Password Protect & Login Page Customizer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Protection Bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Custom-level access and above, to view password protected content via REST API.
Technical Analysis
The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no interaction from a victim user.
CWE-693: Protection Mechanism Failure
The product does not use or incorrectly uses a protection mechanism that provides sufficient defense against directed attacks against the product.
Remediation
Update to version 1.3.5, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
This one needs no account at all, which puts it outside what login hardening can reach; WordSec's login security narrows the account-level paths around it, and the firewall is what inspects the request itself. None of that substitutes for the fix: WPEPP 1.3.5 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
- Login Security
- Alerts
External References
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Same weakness class
Other vulnerabilities in WPEPP – Essential Security, Password Protect & Login Page Customizer
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