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

Summary

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
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