What is CVE-2026-90952?

CVE-2026-90952 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wp Edit Password Protected, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-10-02.

How severe is CVE-2026-90952?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Wp Edit Password Protected

CVE-2026-90952

The WP Edit Password Protected WordPress plugin before 2.0.7 does not enforce its site-wide access restriction on the WordPress REST API, allowing unauthenticated users to read the content of published posts and pages that the site's access mode was configured to hide.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

Published 2026-10-02 · last modified 2026-10-02.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.

Affected products

Wp Edit Password Protected

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/8cc260a9-f335-4d8c-a1e0-f942f0963bcf/ (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-90952?: CVE-2026-90952 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wp Edit Password Protected, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-10-02.
How severe is CVE-2026-90952?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.