WordPress PrivateContent Plugin <= 8.11.5 is vulnerable to a high priority Broken Authentication
High priority Mitigate immediately
<= 8.11.5Vulnerable version(s)
No official fix availableFixed version
24 Feb, 2025
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CVSS 9.8This vulnerability is highly dangerous and expected to become exploited.
9.8
Broken Authentication
This can be abused by a malicious actor to perform action which normally should only be able to be executed by higher privileged users. These actions might allow the malicious actor to gain admin access to the website.
CVSS score is a way to evaluate and rank reported vulnerabilities in a standardized and repeatable way but which is not ideal for WordPress.
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Timeline
24 Feb, 2025