Medium severity · published Oct 29, 2026
CVE-2026-93293
Password Protected <= 2.8.4 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Freemius purchase_completed Handler
New
6.4
CVSS
–
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PP
Password Protected – Protect Your Site Content With a Password · saadiqbal
through 2.8.4 · source: vendor
Affected product
PP
Password Protected – Protect Your Site Content With a Password
saadiqbal
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-93293
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-93293
www.wordfence.com
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0c0fe97a-a9e4-46e0-bb53-135c2d9a69a4?source=cve
ti.wordfence.io
https://ti.wordfence.io/vendors/patch/3925/download
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=3766681%40password-protected%2Ftags%2F2.8.5&old=3627972%40password-protected%2Ftags%2F2.8.4
