Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Password Protected Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2026-93293

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Password Protected – Protect Your Site Content With A Password
Vendor
CVE Published:
29 October 2026

What is CVE-2026-93293?

The Password Protected plugin for WordPress introduces a significant vulnerability due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping within the Freemius SDK's purchase-completion handler. This vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 2.8.4. After an administrator opts in to the Freemius service, the handler improperly processes the 'purchased_plan' request parameter on any wp-admin request made by authenticated users lacking demonstrable permissions. This oversight permits attackers with subscriber-level access or higher to inject malicious web scripts. These scripts can automatically execute when an administrator accesses specific admin pages, such as their Profile page, posing a grave security risk to the site.

Affected Version(s)

Password Protected – Protect Your Site Content With a Password 0 <= 2.8.4

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://ti.wordfence.io/vendors/patch/3925/download
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&ne...

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

daroo
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