WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
PPWP – Password Protect Pages <= 1.9.21 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode Attributes
Description
The PPWP – Password Protect Pages plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's `ppwp` shortcode attributes in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.21 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. 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.
Affects Plugins
References
Classification
Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Muhammad Yudha - DJ
Verified
No
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2026-08-12 (about 11 days ago)
Added
2026-08-12 (about 11 days ago)
Last Updated
2026-08-19 (about 4 days ago)