Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Passster - Password Protect Pages and Content Plugin
CVE-2025-14865

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Passster – Password Protect Pages And Content
Vendor
CVE Published:
28 January 2026

What is CVE-2025-14865?

The Passster – Password Protect Pages and Content plugin is affected by a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability through the 'content_protector' shortcode. Authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access can inject arbitrary scripts into protected pages, which will execute when users visit these pages. Although a partial fix was introduced in version 4.2.21, users are encouraged to update to the latest version to mitigate risks.

Affected Version(s)

Passster – Password Protect Pages and Content 0 <= 4.2.24

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/content-protec...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3422595/

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Muhammad Yudha - DJ
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