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GHSA-VW9J-PRFJ-JVHH

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-07-06 21:15 – Updated: 2024-04-04 05:49

Details

The CMP – Coming Soon & Maintenance plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Maintenance Mode Bypass in versions up to, and including, 4.1.7. A correct cmp_bypass GET parameter in the URL (equal to the md5-hashed home_url in the default setting) allows users to visit a site placed in maintenance mode thus bypassing the plugin's provided feature.

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


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

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CVE-2023-2159 (GCVE-0-2023-2159)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-06-09 05:33 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:15

Title

CMP – Coming Soon & Maintenance <= 4.1.7 - Maintenance Mode Bypass

Summary

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-12-28 00:40 UTC

CWE

CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Assigner

Wordfence mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cmp-co…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2900…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
niteo	CMP – Coming Soon & Maintenance Plugin by NiteoThemes	Affected: 0 , ≤ 4.1.7 (semver)

Credits

Marco Wotschka

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