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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-5998

The PPWP – Password Protect Pages WordPress plugin before version 1.9.11 allows to put the site content behind a password authorization, however users with subscriber or greater ro

Published Aug 14, 2025 · catalog updated Aug 14, 2025 · Unknown PPWP – Password Protect Pages

Last checked Oct 29, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-5998. EPSS is 0.32%. Act only if a listed version of Unknown PPWP – Password Protect Pages is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium6.5
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.32%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor Unknown PPWP – Password Protect Pages 0 <1.9.11

The PPWP – Password Protect Pages WordPress plugin before version 1.9.11 allows to put the site content behind a password authorization, however users with subscriber or greater roles can view content via the REST API.

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 Unknown PPWP – Password Protect Pages 0 <1.9.110 <1.9.11

How to fix CVE-2025-5998

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-2025-5998. EPSS is 0.32%. Act only if a listed version of Unknown PPWP – Password Protect Pages is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Unknown PPWP – Password Protect Pages 0 <1.9.11 0 <1.9.11. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.32%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Aug 14, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    The PPWP – Password Protect Pages WordPress plugin before version 1.9.11 allows to put the site content behind a password authorization, however users with subscriber or greater roles can view content via the REST API.

  2. Aug 14, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    The PPWP – Password Protect Pages WordPress plugin before version 1.9.11 allows to put the site content behind a password authorization, however users with subscriber or greater roles can view content via the REST API.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-5998

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-5998

    30-day exploitation probability 0.32%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-24679

    The PPWP – Password Protect Pages WordPress plugin before version 1.9.11 allows to put the site content behind a password authorization, however users with subscriber or greater roles can view content via the REST API.

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 29, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSOct 23, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 21, 2026
  • EUVDOct 20, 2026