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CVE-2026-116520 Details

ANALYZED

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Description

The PPWP – Password Protect Pages plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'comment / shortcode attribute desc_below_form (and placeholder as the marker-smuggling helper)' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.26 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This is exploitable by unauthenticated attackers because WordPress's comment_content filter leaves bare shortcode text (containing no HTML tags) untouched, and the comment_whitelist setting auto-approves subsequent comments from a previously approved name and email without administrator intervention.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

VolerionCVSS-B:4.7 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.2 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/password-protect-page/tags/1.9.26/includes/services/class-ppw-shortcode.php#L202	[email protected]	Source CodeVendor
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/password-protect-page/tags/1.9.26/includes/services/class-ppw-shortcode.php#L587	[email protected]	Source CodeVendor
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/password-protect-page/tags/1.9.26/includes/services/class-ppw-shortcode.php#L598	[email protected]	Source CodeVendor
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/password-protect-page/tags/1.9.26/includes/services/class-ppw-shortcode.php#L608	[email protected]	Source CodeVendor
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/password-protect-page/tags/1.9.26/includes/services/class-ppw-shortcode.php#L622	[email protected]	Source CodeVendor
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/password-protect-page/tags/1.9.26/includes/views/shortcode/view-ppw-restriced-content-form.php#L17	[email protected]	Source CodeVendor
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3772960/password-protect-page/trunk/includes/services/class-ppw-shortcode.php	[email protected]	Source CodeVendor
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c549ba14-276e-46ab-8019-97430a566d8c?source=cve	[email protected]	AdvisoryRemedy

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-79	Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
PPWP	<= 1.9.26 (semver)
CPE No CPEs found in CPE dictionary for this product. Remediation Upgrade: 1.9.27moderate effort

Change History

2 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Nov 1, 2026	CVE Modified	CISA-ADP
Oct 31, 2026	New CVE Received	[email protected]