[Security-news] Protected Pages - Moderately critical - Access bypass - SA-CONTRIB-2025-101

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View online: https://www.drupal.org/sa-contrib-2025-101

Project: Protected Pages [1]
Date: 2025-August-27
Security risk: *Moderately critical* 13 ∕ 25
AC:Basic/A:None/CI:Some/II:None/E:Theoretical/TD:All [2]
Vulnerability: Access bypass

Affected versions: <1.8.0
CVE IDs: CVE-2025-9551
Description: 
This module enables you to protect individual pages with a password.

The module doesn't limit the number of password attempts, making it
vulnerable to brute force attacks.

This vulnerability is mitigated by the fact that an attacker must know the
protected page's URL.

*CVSS risk score (experimental [3]) 6.3 / Medium*

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N [4]

Solution: 
Install the latest version:

  * If you use the Protected Pages module for Drupal 8.x, upgrade to Protected
    Pages 8.x-1.8 [5]

Reported By: 
  * Pierre Rudloff (prudloff) [6]

Fixed By: 
  * Oksana Cyrwus (oksana-c) [7]
  * Ra Mänd (ram4nd) [8]

Coordinated By: 
  * Benji Fisher (benjifisher) [9] of the Drupal Security Team
  * Damien McKenna (damienmckenna) [10] of the Drupal Security Team
  * Greg Knaddison (greggles) [11] of the Drupal Security Team
  * Drew Webber (mcdruid) [12] of the Drupal Security Team
  * Juraj Nemec (poker10) [13] of the Drupal Security Team


[1] https://www.drupal.org/project/protected_pages
[2] https://www.drupal.org/security-team/risk-levels
[3] https://www.drupal.org/project/securitydrupalorg/issues/3442181
[4]  
https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/4-0#CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
[5] https://www.drupal.org/project/protected_pages/releases/8.x-1.8
[6] https://www.drupal.org/u/prudloff
[7] https://www.drupal.org/u/oksana-c
[8] https://www.drupal.org/u/ram4nd
[9] https://www.drupal.org/u/benjifisher
[10] https://www.drupal.org/u/damienmckenna
[11] https://www.drupal.org/u/greggles
[12] https://www.drupal.org/u/mcdruid
[13] https://www.drupal.org/u/poker10