Vulnerability · Published Mar 5, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-1478Maintenance Mode <= 3.0.1 - Information Exposure
Medium 5.3
In plain English
A medium-severity improper access control in Maintenance Mode from helderk. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 45% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 55.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
The Maintenance Mode plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.1 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 products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| helderk | Maintenance Mode | 0 – through 3.0.1 |
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/36def628-e09e-4da0-ab14-35aefcb67f73?source=cve
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/hkdev-maintenance-mode/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3044964%40hkdev-maintenance-mode&new=3044964%40hkdev-maintenance-mode&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=