CVE-2025-10005
The PPWP – Password Protect WordPress | #1 Most-Reviewed Password Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.20 via the ppw_free_set_password AJAX action due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to update the password on any password protected post and subsequently access the content.
Scoring
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS base score
- 4.3
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- EPSS probability
- 0.24%
- CWE
- CWE-639
- Published
- 2026-08-16
- Last modified
- 2026-08-17
Affected products
- buildwps PPWP – Password Protect Pages
Weakness type
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