Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-5998

Passwordprotectwp Password Protect Wordpress ≤ 1.9.11

Public PoC
Published
14 August 2025
Modified
17 June 2026
CVSS Score v3.1 6.5
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0031 24th percentile
Risk Priority 49 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2025-5998 is a medium-severity an unspecified weakness vulnerability in Passwordprotectwp Password Protect Wordpress. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 24th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

The PPWP – Password Protect Pages WordPress plugin before version 1.9.11 allows to put the site content behind a password authorization, however users with subscriber or greater roles can view content via the REST API.

CWE(s)
NVD-CWE-noinfo

Related Threats

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Affected Assets

passwordprotectwp
password protect wordpress
≤ 1.9.11

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References