CVE-2025-11244Low· 3.7▾ Sunlit

The Password Protected plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass via IP address spoofing in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.11

▾ Sunlit zone — Low / medium · no exploitation signal

Depth score20/ 100 · Low

impact 20.4 · likelihood 0.1 · exploitation 0

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Published

Oct 25, 2025

Updated

Oct 8, 2026

CVSS

3.7

Vendor

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Product

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CWE

CWE-285

Depth score

20 · Low

EPSS

0.31% · p23

Platforms

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Source

NVD

Vector

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

EPSS history

Exploit-prediction probability, daily snapshots since Oct 8.

0.3% → 0.3%

Timeline

Disclosure to exploitation, from the record and what we observed since indexing it.

3 events · 348 days

Oct 25, 2025Published
Disclosed via NVD
Oct 8, 2026Record revised
Last analysed / modified upstream
Oct 8, 2026EPSS first tracked
0.3%

CWE-285 #nvd

Full technical detail▾

Overview

The Password Protected plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass via IP address spoofing in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.11. This is due to the plugin trusting client-controlled HTTP headers (such as X-Forwarded-For, HTTP_CLIENT_IP, and similar headers) to determine user IP addresses in the pp_get_ip_address() function when the "Use transients" feature is enabled. This makes it possible for attackers to bypass authorization by spoofing these headers with the IP address of a legitimately authenticated user, granted the "Use transients" option is enabled (non-default configuration) and the site is not behind a CDN or reverse proxy that overwrites these headers.

Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.

References

Related vulnerabilities

Connected by shared product, vendor, weakness, or advisory.

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