WordPress plugin · password-protected
Is Password Protected safe?
Safe on 2.8.5 or newer.
The current version, 2.8.5, is past every affected range on record (6 of 6 records list one). Keep it updated and you’re clear of them.
- Flaws on record
- 6
- High or critical
- 0
- Exploited
- none
- Current version
- 2.8.5
- Last updated
- Oct 26, 2026
- Active installs
- 300,000+
Every recorded flaw
- Oct 29, 2026Password Protected: Stored Cross-Site ScriptingCVE-2026-93293 · affects up to 2.8.4 · reported by WordfenceMedium 6.4
- Oct 25, 2025Password Protected: Authorization bypassCVE-2025-11244 · affects up to 2.7.11 · reported by WordfenceLow 3.7
- Apr 17, 2025The Password Protected – Password Protect your WordPress Site, Pages, & WooCommerce Products – Restrict Content, Protect WooCommerce Category and more plugin foCVE-2025-3453 · affects up to 2.7.7 · reported by WordfenceMedium 5.3
- May 14, 2024Password Protected – Ultimate Plugin to Password Protect Your WordPress Content with Ease: Sensitive Information ExposureCVE-2024-0437 · affects up to 2.6.6 · reported by WordfenceMedium 4.3
- Feb 28, 2024Password Protected – Ultimate Plugin to Password Protect Your WordPress Content with Ease: Stored Cross-Site ScriptingCVE-2024-0656 · affects up to 2.6.6 · reported by WordfenceMedium 4.4
- Jun 23, 2023Auth.CVE-2023-32580 · affects up to 2.6.2 · reported by PatchstackMedium 5.9
Records come from the National Vulnerability Database, published by the researchers who found each flaw (Wordfence, Patchstack, WPScan and others); exploited status from CISA; exploit odds from FIRST’s EPSS; current version, installs and closures from wordpress.org, checked daily. Want every plugin on your site checked at once? Run the free website check.
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