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This re-introduces a previously-fixed issue (CVE-2024-0437), which was patched in 2.6.7 and regressed in 2.6.8.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"high","assessor":"adp","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.00441,"percentile":0.38605,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-200"],"published":"2026-08-07T06:00:10Z","modified":"2026-08-26T16:31:16Z","products":[{"vendor":"saadiqbal","product":"password protected — lock entire site, pages, posts, categories, and partial content"},{"vendor":"unknown","product":"password protected — lock entire site, pages, posts, categories, and partial content"}],"references":[{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/874ada86-f13b-44f9-85e6-f2ec16e82f85/","tags":["exploit","vdb-entry","technical-description"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-14943"},{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/874ada86-f13b-44f9-85e6-f2ec16e82f85"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qmm8-q2c2-c4m3"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-14943","title":"Password Protected \u003c 2.8.4 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure via REST API","description":"The Password Protected — Lock Entire Site, Pages, Posts, Categories, and Partial Content WordPress plugin before 2.8.4 does not restrict REST API access to authenticated users when a specific option is enabled, allowing unauthenticated visitors to bypass the sitewide password gate and read otherwise-protected content and account identifiers via the REST API. 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