Contributor-level access to protected content via master-password disclosure
Published Aug 18, 2026 · Updated Aug 19, 2026
Improper authorization in PPWP – Password Protect Pages before 1.9.16 allows remote authenticated users to read password-protected content. The CVE record and the 1.9.16 changelog identify an improper capability check in the can_access function on a REST API path tied to master passwords; the published sources do not disclose the specific endpoint or parameters. Exploitation requires a Contributor account or higher and, in the published scoring, affects confidentiality by exposing a master password that unlocks otherwise protected posts and pages.
Summary
What happened
Improper authorization in PPWP – Password Protect Pages before 1.9.16 allows remote authenticated users to read password-protected content. The CVE record and the 1.9.16 changelog identify an improper capability check in the can_access function on a REST API path tied to master passwords; the published sources do not disclose the specific endpoint or parameters. Exploitation requires a Contributor account or higher and, in the published scoring, affects confidentiality by exposing a master password that unlocks otherwise protected posts and pages.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-11729
- Published
- Aug 18, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 19, 2026
- Vendor
- WP Folio Team
- Product
- PPWP – Password Protect Pages
- Classifications
- CWE-285
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 18, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 19, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=1.9.15
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