Passster <= 3.5.5.8 - Missing Authentication leading to Sensitive Information Disclosure (Private Post Leakage)

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2021-24881
CVSS Medium (5.3)
Publicly Published December 29, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher dc11
Description

The Passster plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in versions up to, and including, 3.5.5.8 due to the function 'validate_input' allowing password protection bypass. This can allow unauthenticated attackers to extract basic data including private posts.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug content-protector (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.5.5.8
Patched Version
  • 3.5.5.9
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