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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-11244

The Password Protected plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass via IP address spoofing in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.11.

Published Oct 25, 2025 · catalog updated Apr 8, 2026 · Password Protected — Lock Entire Site, Pages, Posts, Categories, and Partial Content

Last checked Oct 30, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-11244. EPSS is 0.31%. Act only if a listed version of Password Protected — Lock Entire Site, Pages, Posts, Categories, and Partial Content is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.

Same product and reporting

Severity
Low3.7
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.31%
Remediation
Vendor / distro source
Affected products
vendor saadiqbal Password Protected — Lock Entire Site, Pages, Posts, Categories, and Partial Content 0 ≤2.7.11

The Password Protected plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass via IP address spoofing in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.11. This is due to the plugin trusting client-controlled HTTP headers (such as X-Forwarded-For, HTTP_CLIENT_IP, and similar headers) to determine user IP addresses in the function when the "Use transients" feature is enabled. This makes it possible for attackers to bypass authorization by spoofing these headers with the IP address of a legitimately authenticated user, granted the "Use transients" option is enabled (non-default configuration) and th

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor saadiqbal Password Protected — Lock Entire Site, Pages, Posts, Categories, and Partial Content 0 ≤2.7.110 ≤2.7.11

How to fix CVE-2025-11244

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-11244. EPSS is 0.31%. Act only if a listed version of Password Protected — Lock Entire Site, Pages, Posts, Categories, and Partial Content is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with saadiqbal Password Protected — Lock Entire Site, Pages, Posts, Categories, and Partial Content 0 ≤2.7.11 0 ≤2.7.11. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.31%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

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Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Oct 25, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    The Password Protected plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass via IP address spoofing in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.11. This is due to the plugin trusting client-controlled HTTP headers (such as X-Forwarded-For, HTTP_CLIENT_IP, and similar headers) to determine user IP addresses in the function when the "Use transients" feature is enabled. This makes it possible for

  2. Apr 8, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    The Password Protected plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass via IP address spoofing in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.11. This is due to the plugin trusting client-controlled HTTP headers (such as X-Forwarded-For, HTTP_CLIENT_IP, and similar headers) to determine user IP addresses in the function when the "Use transients" feature is enabled. This makes it possible for

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-11244

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-11244

    30-day exploitation probability 0.31%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-35905

    The Password Protected plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass via IP address spoofing in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.11. This is due to the plugin trusting client-controlled HTTP headers (such as X-Forwarded-For, HTTP_CLIENT_IP, and similar headers)

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 30, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSOct 30, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 24, 2026
  • EUVDOct 24, 2026