WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2022-0199 Modified

Coming soon and Maintenance mode: Cross-site request forgery

Coming soon and Maintenance mode is affected by cross-site request forgery. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. Exploitation relies on a signed-in privileged user submitting an attacker-controlled request.

CVE / CNA score 4.3 CVSS · contact@wpscan.com
NVD score 4.3 CVSS 3.1 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
Coming soon and Maintenance mode
Plugin slug
coming-soon-and-maintenance-mode
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Feb 21, 2022
Weakness
CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

This CVE was published Feb 21, 2022 and is one of 3 known issues for this plugin.

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Coming soon and Maintenance mode to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.

Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.

Technical description

The Coming soon and Maintenance mode WordPress plugin before 3.6.8 does not have CSRF check in its coming_soon_send_mail AJAX action, allowing attackers to make logged in admin to send arbitrary emails to all subscribed users via a CSRF attack

NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Primary and upstream sources