WP Maintenance <= 6.1.6 - Information Exposure

5.3
Improper Access Control
CVE CVE-2024-1472
CVSS 5.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published February 16, 2024
Last Updated February 20, 2024
Researcher Francesco Carlucci

Description

The WP Maintenance plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 6.1.6 via the REST API. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass the plugin's maintenance mode obtain post and page content via REST API.

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Vulnerability Details for WP Maintenance

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-maintenance (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 6.1.7, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 6.1.6
Patched Version
  • 6.1.7

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