CGC Maintenance Mode <= 1.2 - Sensitive Information Exposure

2024-04-03 00:00

Francesco Carlucci

Strategic Overview

Status

Unpatched

Affected PluginCGC Maintenance Mode

Affected Version<= 1.2

CVSS5.3Medium

CVECVE-2024-1418

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Vulnerability Overview

The CGC Maintenance Mode plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.2 via the REST API. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to view protected posts via REST API even when maintenance mode is enabled.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement. --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control) The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-1418 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1cd5fa89-ed3b-4ac1-9200-9f5eb26cb534

CVSS Vector

5.3

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

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