WP Maintenance Mode <= 2.0.6 - Remote Code Execution

Improper Input Validation

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

CVE	CVE-2018-20156
CVSS	Critical (9.1)
Publicly Published	December 14, 2018
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	Sean Murphy

Description

The WP Maintenance Mode plugin before 2.0.7 for WordPress allows remote authenticated "site administrator" users to execute arbitrary PHP code throughout a multisite network.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	wp-maintenance-mode (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 2.0.7
Patched Version	2.0.7

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