PT-2026-81160 · WordPress · Password Protect Wordpress

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CVE-2025-9878

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Published

2026-08-25

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Updated

2026-08-25

CVSS v3.1

6.4

Medium

VectorAV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions PPWP – Password Protect WordPress versions prior to 1.9.22
Description Stored Cross-Site Scripting occurs via the ppwp shortcode due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access and above to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages, which execute when a user accesses the affected page.
Recommendations Update to a version newer than 1.9.21.

Fix

XSS

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-9878

Affected Products

Password Protect Wordpress