Maintenance Page <= 1.0.8 - Security Mechanism Bypass via REST API

Improper Access Control
CVE CVE-2024-1462
CVSS Medium (5.3)
Publicly Published February 21, 2024
Last Updated March 13, 2024
Researcher Francesco Carlucci
Description

The Maintenance Page plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Basic Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.8 via the REST API. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to view post titles and content when the site is in maintenance mode.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug maintenance-page (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.0.8
Patched Version
  • 1.0.9
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