Vulnerability · Published Feb 21, 2022 · Assigned by WPScan
CVE-2022-0164Coming soon and Maintenance mode < 3.6.7 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Email Sending to Subscribed Users
Medium 4.3
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in Coming soon and Maintenance mode from Unknown. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 29% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)4.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 71.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
The Coming soon and Maintenance mode WordPress plugin before 3.5.3 does not have authorisation and CSRF checks in its coming_soon_send_mail AJAX action, allowing any authenticated users, with a role as low as subscriber to send arbitrary emails to all subscribed users
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Coming soon and Maintenance mode | 0 – before 3.5.3 |
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/942535f9-73bf-4467-872a-20075f03bc51 exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2655973 patch