Unauthenticated content access via spoofed IP headers
Published Oct 25, 2025 · Updated Oct 25, 2025
Authorization bypass in Password Protected 2.7.11 and earlier allows remote attackers to read protected WordPress content. The pp_get_ip_address() function accepts client-controlled proxy headers as the visitor address and uses that value to retrieve an authenticated transient. Exploitation requires the non-default Use transients setting, a known authenticated user's public IP address, and no intermediary that overwrites spoofed headers.
Summary
What happened
Authorization bypass in Password Protected 2.7.11 and earlier allows remote attackers to read protected WordPress content. The pp_get_ip_address() function accepts client-controlled proxy headers as the visitor address and uses that value to retrieve an authenticated transient. Exploitation requires the non-default Use transients setting, a known authenticated user's public IP address, and no intermediary that overwrites spoofed headers.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-11244
- Published
- Oct 25, 2025
- Updated
- Oct 25, 2025
- Vendor
- Fullworks Plugins
- Product
- Password Protected
- Classifications
- CWE-285, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Oct 25, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Oct 25, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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Is a vulnerable build present?
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- Affected versionversion=* <=2.7.11
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What is affected?
Published CVSS scores
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Attacks
What attackers are doing with it
Daily unique IPs observed by Shadowserver honeypots for known exploited vulnerabilities (KEVs). Missing observations do not establish an absence of attacks.
Public exploit references
- CleanTalk header-spoofing proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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Technologies
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