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

Improper Access Control

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

CVE	CVE-2023-2159
CVSS	Medium (5.3)
Publicly Published	April 18, 2023
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	Marco Wotschka

Description

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.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	cmp-coming-soon-maintenance (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 4.1.7
Patched Version	4.1.8

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