Unauthenticated Attackers Can Bypass Maintenance Mode in WP Maintenance Plugin
CVE-2024-0789

5.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
WP Maintenance
Vendor
CVE Published:
19 June 2024

What is CVE-2024-0789?

The WP Maintenance plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Address Spoofing in all versions up to, and including, 6.1.9.2 due to insufficient IP address validation and use of user-supplied HTTP headers as a primary method for IP retrieval. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass maintenance mode.

Affected Version(s)

WP Maintenance * <= 6.1.9.2

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&s...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
None
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Hoa Le Ngoc
.