Wp Maintenance Mode: Cross-site request forgery
Wp 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.
- Component
- Wp Maintenance Mode
- Plugin slug
wp-maintenance-mode- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Jun 21, 2013
This CVE was published Jun 21, 2013 and is one of 4 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Wp 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
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the WP Maintenance Mode plugin before 1.8.8 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that modify this plugin's settings.
NVD vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P