Under Construction / Maintenance Mode from Acurax: Sensitive information exposure
Under Construction / Maintenance Mode from Acurax is affected by sensitive information exposure. Exploitation requires an authenticated WordPress account. Successful exploitation can disclose data that should not be available to the caller.
- Component
- Under Construction / Maintenance Mode from Acurax
- Plugin slug
coming-soon-maintenance-mode-from-acurax- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Feb 28, 2024
This CVE was published Feb 28, 2024 and is one of 4 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Under Construction / Maintenance Mode from Acurax 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 Under Construction / Maintenance Mode from Acurax plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in versions up to, and including, 2.6 via the 'acx_csma_subscribe_ajax' function. This can allow authenticated attackers to extract sensitive data such as names and email addresses of subscribed visitors.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N