SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityDeferred

CVE-2026-16603

The Passster WordPress plugin before 4.3.6 does not enforce its category-based content protection on the WordPress REST API, allowing unauthenticated users to read the full content, title, and excerpt of category-locked posts through the core REST API.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 0.32%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.32%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

The Passster WordPress plugin before 4.3.6 does not enforce its category-based content protection on the WordPress REST API, allowing unauthenticated users to read the full content, title, and excerpt of category-locked posts through the core REST API.

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
0.32% probability · 24th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-200
Source
contact@wpscan.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.