CVE-2026-16604 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Passster WordPress plugin before 4.3.6 outputs password-protected block content in the public page response before verifying the password, allowing unauthenticated users to recover the protected content without knowing the password.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00156.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

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Vendors	Products

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6a3222e3-352f-4fe8-b17f-b2980c3528e4/

History

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 07:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-200

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 06:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		The Passster WordPress plugin before 4.3.6 outputs password-protected block content in the public page response before verifying the password, allowing unauthenticated users to recover the protected content without knowing the password.
Title		Content Protector (Passster) < 4.3.6 - Unauthenticated Protected Content Disclosure via Content-Lock Block data-content Attribute
References		https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6a3222e3-352f-4fe8-b17f-b2980c3528e4/

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-08-05T06:00:09.761Z

Updated: 2026-08-05T15:19:52.879Z

Reserved: 2026-07-22T14:20:57.363Z

Link: CVE-2026-16604

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-05T15:19:49.468Z

NVD

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Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-05T18:00:10Z

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