Site Offline <= 1.4.9 - Maintenance Mode Bypass

5.3
Improper Access Control
CVE CVE-2022-1580
CVSS 5.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published August 29, 2022
Last Updated November 23, 2022
Researcher Daniel Ruf

Description

The Site Offline plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Maintenance Mode Bypass in versions up to, and including, 1.4.9. The presence of certain keywords in the URL allowed users to visit a site placed in maintenance mode thus bypassing the plugin's provided feature.

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1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug site-offline (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.5.3, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.4.9
Patched Version
  • 1.5.3

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