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CVE-2026-93293

Password Protected <= 2.8.4 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Freemius purchase_completed Handler

Products / packages saadiqbal Password Protected – Protect Your Site Content With a Password

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Severity and exploitation

Not in CISA KEV

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KEV checked 14/11/2026, 20:55:32 UTC
Wordfence · CVSS:3.1 · 6.4
Assessment vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Severity

medium6.4

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Known exploitation

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Public exploit

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Remediation

Fix status not established

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What this means

The Password Protected WordPress plugin, versions up to 2.8.4, has a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability due to insufficient input sanitization. Authenticated users with subscriber-level access can inject scripts that execute when an administrator views certain admin pages. This occurs via the Freemius purchase-completion handler.

Summarized by @cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast. Verify details against the original sources.

Attack conditions

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Affected versions

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saadiqbal · Wordfence

Password Protected – Protect Your Site Content With a Password

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affected

0 → through 2.8.4

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Other versions: unaffected

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Public exploit evidence

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Original source description

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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.

References

3 sources
www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0c0fe97a-a9e4-46e0-bb53-135c2d9a69a4
Security advisoryWordfence
ti.wordfence.io/vendors/patch/3925/download
Source referenceWordfence
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset
PatchWordfence

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CVE-2026-93293

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Underlying weaknesses

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CWE-79 ↗

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

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Wordfence

Assigning organization

2026-10-29
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2026-10-29

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