Skip to main content

Passster EUVDEUVD-2026-53105

| CVE-2026-16604 HIGH
Information Exposure (CWE-200)
2026-08-05 WPScan GHSA-74rr-m8c4-9693
7.5
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: WPScan
View

Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Identify public WordPress page using Passster
  2. Exploit
    Request raw HTTP response unauthenticated
  3. Execution
    Extract protected block content from response body
  4. Impact
    Bypass password gate with no credentials

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V14 - Data Protection Data exposure prevention
MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques across 2 tactics: Collection, Discovery

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires that the target WordPress site has the Passster plugin installed, active, and running a version prior to 4.3.6, with at least one password-protected content block published on a publicly accessible page. The CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N) confirms no authentication, no elevated privileges, and no user interaction are needed - any unauthenticated HTTP client reaching the public page can exploit this. The sole limiting factor is that the target must specifically use Passster for content block protection; WordPress's native post/page password protection is a separate mechanism and is not affected. Sites that use Passster only for non-public or already-authenticated pages reduce their exposure surface.

Impact

The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N) accurately characterizes this as a trivially exploitable, fully remote, zero-friction confidentiality breach - no authentication, no complexity, no user interaction. For any site using Passster to gate genuinely sensitive content, the protection is entirely illusory prior to 4.3.6. However, EPSS at 0.16% (5th percentile) indicates the vulnerability is not yet being exploited at scale in the wild, and the absence of a CISA KEV entry corroborates this. The presence of a public WPScan proof-of-concept materially lowers the attacker skill threshold and should accelerate prioritization. Impact is scoped to confidentiality only (I:N, A:N) - attackers cannot modify or disrupt the site through this vector. The real-world priority should be high for affected sites whose Passster-protected content is genuinely sensitive; sites using Passster only for non-sensitive aesthetic gating carry lower residual risk.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An unauthenticated attacker identifies a WordPress site running Passster before 4.3.6 and navigates to a page containing password-protected blocks. The attacker retrieves the raw HTTP response using curl or browser developer tools and finds the protected content fully present in the response body, requiring no password submission. A public proof-of-concept published by WPScan makes this a one-step extraction requiring minimal technical knowledge.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
Patch available 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

Get an e-mail when this CVE is exploited, patched or re-scored. Free account.

Alert me

AnalysisAIv1 – Aug 05, 2026

Password-protected block content in the Passster WordPress plugin (all versions before 4.3.6) is rendered into the public HTTP response body before the server evaluates the password check, making the gate purely cosmetic. Unauthenticated remote users can retrieve protected content by inspecting the raw response - no password required. A public proof-of-concept exploit is available via WPScan, and the CVSS 3.1 score of 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N) confirms trivial remote exploitation with full confidentiality impact, though EPSS at 0.16% (5th percentile) and no CISA KEV listing indicate exploitation has not yet become widespread or automated.

RemediationAI

Upgrade the Passster plugin to version 4.3.6 or later, which contains the vendor-released patch as confirmed by the WPScan advisory at https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6a3222e3-352f-4fe8-b17f-b2980c3528e4/. This can be performed via the WordPress admin dashboard under Plugins > Installed Plugins > Update. If an immediate upgrade is not possible, the only reliable compensating control is to deactivate the Passster plugin entirely and replace password-protected blocks with an alternative server-side mechanism - such as WordPress role-based access control, a membership plugin that enforces access at the server layer, or web-server-level HTTP Basic Authentication - until the patch is applied. Simply removing the protected content from published pages is also effective. Note that no CSS or JavaScript-based visibility toggle provides meaningful security, as these share the same vulnerability class as the flaw described here.

Affected VersionsENISA

Passster 0 <4.3.6

Affected Packages

euvd passster fix: 4.3.6

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

Checking this CVE against your own stacks and servers is part of the Basic plan and up.

Technical ContextAI · show details

Passster is a WordPress plugin that allows site owners to protect specific content blocks behind a password prompt. The flaw (CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information) originates in the server-side PHP rendering pipeline: the protected block's content is written into the HTML output before the password-verification logic executes, meaning the access control is enforced only at the UI/display layer rather than at the data-delivery layer. Any HTTP client that retrieves the raw response - including curl, browser DevTools, or a simple web scraper - receives the protected content in plaintext regardless of whether a password was submitted. CPE data (cpe:2.3:a:unknown:passster:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*) scopes the affected surface to all Passster installations across versions 0 through 4.3.5. This is a classic server-side information exposure pattern where security depends on client-side rendering behavior rather than server-side authorization.

Know when Passster gets its next vulnerability

  • Watch products and get an email when something new is published
  • Check this CVE against your own stack and servers
  • Exploit and PoC references, threat intelligence from 22 sources

No credit card · 7-day full trial

Severity by source

Vendor (WPScan) PRIMARY 7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
vuln.today AI 7.5 HIGH

Network-reachable with no auth or interaction; full confidentiality loss as protected content is served in the response body; no integrity or availability impact.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (WPScan).

CVSS VectorVendor: WPScan

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

3
Patch available
Aug 05, 2026 - 07:01 EUVD
CVE Published
Aug 05, 2026 - 06:00 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)
CVE Published
Aug 05, 2026 - 06:00 cve.org
HIGH 7.5

DescriptionCVE.org

The Passster WordPress plugin before 4.3.6 outputs password-protected block content in the public page response before verifying the password, allowing unauthenticated users to recover the protected content without knowing the password.

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

The Passster WordPress plugin (versions before 4.3.6) contains a critical flaw that allows unauthenticated visitors to bypass password protection and access restricted content directly from the website's source code. Any organization using Passster to gate sensitive pages-such as beta features, exclusive offers, or restricted documentation-is exposed to immediate confidentiality breaches without requiring attackers to guess or crack the password. Given that publicly available exploit code exists, this vulnerability should be treated as an urgent remediation priority for all affected WordPress deployments.

Business Impact: High
Compensating Controls

Apply vendor patch.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 95% exploitable
Prevalence
Low
niche WordPress plugin for block-level password protection
Exploit
POC
Public exploit code exists
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity HIGH
CISA KEV No
Public POC Yes
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision
Out-of-Cycle
Exploitation
Poc
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
Yes
Human Impact
High
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

58
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +38
PoC: +20
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.

CVE-2026-16603 HIGH POC
7.5 Aug 05

Category-locked content in the Passster WordPress plugin (all versions before 4.3.6) is fully exposed through the native

CVE-2026-16602 HIGH POC
7.5 Aug 05

Unauthenticated content disclosure in the Passster WordPress plugin (versions before 4.3.6) allows any remote user to re

CVE-2022-3206 MEDIUM POC
5.9 Oct 17

The Passster WordPress plugin before 3.5.5.5.2 stores the password inside a cookie named "passster" using base64 encodin

CVE-2026-17559 MEDIUM POC
5.3 Aug 21

Passster WordPress plugin versions before 4.3.9 exposes globally password-protected post and page content to unauthentic

CVE-2025-15490 MEDIUM POC
5.3 Sep 02

Global protection bypass in the Passster WordPress plugin (versions before 4.2.26) allows unauthenticated remote attacke

CVE-2025-15489 MEDIUM POC
5.3 Sep 02

Unauthenticated information disclosure in the Passster WordPress plugin (versions before 4.2.24) allows remote attackers

CVE-2024-2026 MEDIUM
6.4 Apr 09

The Passster plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's content_protector shortc

CVE-2024-0616 MEDIUM
5.3 Feb 29

The Passster - Password Protect Pages and Content plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure i

CVE-2026-110896 MEDIUM
5.3 Oct 16

Missing authorization in the WP Chill Passster WordPress plugin (content-protector) through version 4.3.18 allows unauth

CVE-2026-62114 MEDIUM
5.3 Sep 11

Broken access control in the Passster WordPress content-protection plugin (versions up to and including 4.3.13) allows u

CVE-2024-11282 MEDIUM
5.3 Jan 07

The Passster - Password Protect Pages and Content plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure i

This site uses cookies essential for authentication and security. No tracking or analytics cookies are used. Privacy Policy