---
id: CVE-2025-11729
title: >-
  The PPWP: Password Protect Pages, Posts & Full or Partial Content plugin for
  WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a improper
  capability check on the can_access function in all versions up to, and
  including, 1.9.1…
summary: >-
  The PPWP: Password Protect Pages, Posts & Full or Partial Content plugin for
  WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a improper
  capability check on the can_access function in all versions up to, and
  including, 1.9.1…
severity: medium
cvss: 4.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-285
published: '2026-08-19'
updated: '2026-09-29'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-29T10:10:00.263'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-11729'
references:
  - url: 'https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3486400/'
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d1e041f0-3019-4d1f-b1a3-b40275c0966a?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
ingestedAt: '2026-09-29T10:31:36.299Z'
epss: 0.00281
epssPercentile: 0.18466
---

## Overview

The PPWP: Password Protect Pages, Posts & Full or Partial Content plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a improper capability check on the can_access function in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.15. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to retrieve a master-password and access any password-protected content.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.