Sensitive Information Exposure in WordPress's Maintenance Mode Plugin
CVE-2024-1478

5.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
Maintenance Mode
Vendor
CVE Published:
5 March 2024

What is CVE-2024-1478?

The Maintenance Mode plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.0 via the REST API. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to obtain post and page content via API thus bypassing the content protection provided by the plugin.

Affected Version(s)

Maintenance Mode * <= 2.5.0

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://wordpress.org/plugins/hkdev-maintenance-mode/

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

Francesco Carlucci
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