CVE-2026-16602: high-severity vulnerability in Passster
Content Protector (Passster) < 4.3.6 - Unauthenticated Non-Public Post Content Disclosure via Captcha REST Endpoint
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41Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.
ssvc Attendcvss 7.5epss 0.4%
The Passster WordPress plugin before 4.3.6 does not perform a post-status check before returning post content from an unauthenticated REST endpoint, allowing unauthenticated users to disclose the content of non-public (draft, private, and pending) posts on sites that have a captcha provider configured.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected products
Unknown · Passsterpublic PoCs found — 1
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