Page Restriction Plugin up to 1.3.4 on WordPress protection mechanism

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Page Restriction Plugin up to 1.3.4 on WordPress. This affects an unknown part. Performing a manipulation results in protection mechanism. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2024-0681. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Page Restriction Plugin up to 1.3.4 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a protection mechanism vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-693. The product does not use or incorrectly uses a protection mechanism that provides sufficient defense against directed attacks against the product. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Page Restriction WordPress (WP) – Protect WP Pages/Post plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to information disclosure in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.4. This is due to the plugin not properly restricting access to pages via the REST API when a page has been made private. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to view protected pages. The vendor has decided that they will not implement REST API protection on posts and pages and the restrictions will only apply to the front-end of the site. The vendors solution was to add notices throughout the dashboard and recommends installing the WordPress REST API Authentication plugin for REST API coverage.

The weakness was disclosed 02/28/2024. It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-0681 since 01/18/2024. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/12/2026).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

• WordPress Plugin

Name

• Page Restriction Plugin

Version

• 1.3.0
• 1.3.1
• 1.3.2
• 1.3.3
• 1.3.4

CPE 2.3info

• 🔍
• 🔍
• 🔍

CPE 2.2info

• 🔍
• 🔍
• 🔍

CVSSv4info

CVSSv3info

CVSSv2info

Exploitinginfo

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Countermeasuresinfo

Timelineinfo

Sourcesinfo

Entryinfo

Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Discussion