Known vulnerabilities in HTTP Auth

Provides comprehensive security during development by protecting your entire site and your admin pages from brute-force attacks.

1Reported vulnerabilities

5.4Highest CVSS score

1.0.1Latest version

6,000+Active installs

What to do now

Update HTTP Auth to 1.0.0 or later. 1 of these have a fixed version available. Updating resolves them.

Plugin last updated: July 22, 2025 / Tested up to WordPress: 6.8.8 / View on wordpress.org

Reported vulnerabilities

Ordered by how urgently they need attention — whether a vulnerability is actually being exploited, and how likely exploitation is, rather than CVSS severity alone.

CVE	Severity	Exploit probability next 30 days	Affected versions	Fixed in	Published
CVE-2023-27435	Medium 5.4	0.2%	0.3.2 and earlier	`1.0.0`	July 26, 2023

Sources: vulnerability records from NVD, exploitation from CISA KEV, exploit probability from EPSS. Affected versions come from CPE ranges or from the reporting CNA.