The Passster – Password Protect Pages and Content plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'content_protector' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.24. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The vulnerability was partially patched in version 4.2.21.
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Wed, 28 Jan 2026 12:45:00 +0000

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Description The Passster – Password Protect Pages and Content plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'content_protector' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.24. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The vulnerability was partially patched in version 4.2.21.
Title Passster – Password Protect Pages and Content <= 4.2.24 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-28T12:28:37.446Z

Reserved: 2025-12-18T01:29:23.705Z

Link: CVE-2025-14865

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-01-28T13:15:52.930

Modified: 2026-01-28T13:15:52.930

Link: CVE-2025-14865

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