Vulnerability · Published Jun 9, 2023 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2023-2159CMP – Coming Soon & Maintenance <= 4.1.7 - Maintenance Mode Bypass
Medium 5.3
In plain English
A medium-severity improper access control in CMP – Coming Soon & Maintenance Plugin by NiteoThemes from niteo. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.8% (higher than 56% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The CMP – Coming Soon & Maintenance plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Maintenance Mode Bypass in versions up to, and including, 4.1.7. A correct cmp_bypass GET parameter in the URL (equal to the md5-hashed home_url in the default setting) allows users to visit a site placed in maintenance mode thus bypassing the plugin's provided feature.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| niteo | CMP – Coming Soon & Maintenance Plugin by NiteoThemes | 0 – through 4.1.7 |
Weakness: CWE-284 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/af955f69-b18c-446e-b05e-6a57a5f16dfa?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cmp-coming-soon-maintenance/tags/4.1.6/niteo-cmp.php#L808
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2900571/cmp-coming-soon-maintenance/tags/4.1.8/cmp-advanced.php?old=2873620&old_path=cmp-coming-soon-maintenance%2Ftags%2F4.1.7%2Fcmp-advanced.php