CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-93293

MediumCVSS 6.4
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.19%

8th percentile - higher than 8% of all known CVEs

Summary

The Password Protected plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting via the bundled Freemius SDK's purchase-completion handler in all versions up to and including 2.8.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. Once the Freemius opt-in is complete, the handler processes the 'purchased_plan' request parameter on any wp-admin request from an authenticated user without capability, nonce, or purchase validation, and stores it in a persistent site-wide administrative notice.

Risk Assessment

An authenticated attacker with subscriber-level access or above can inject arbitrary scripts that execute automatically when an administrator views a standard admin page.

Recommendation

Update the Password Protected plugin to a version later than 2.8.4 that contains the fix.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The Password Protected plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the bundled Freemius SDK's purchase-completion handler in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. Once the site's Freemius opt-in is complete (the normal state after an administrator clicks "Allow & Continue"), the handler processes the 'purchased_plan' request parameter on any wp-admin request from an authenticated user without any capability, nonce, or purchase validation, and stores it in a persistent, site-wide administrative notice. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute automatically when an administrator views a standard admin page such as their Profile page.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS