Under Construction / Maintenance Mode from Acurax <= 2.6 - Information Exposure

2024-02-27 00:00

Francesco Carlucci

Strategic Overview

Status

Unpatched

Affected PluginUnder Construction / Maintenance Mode from Acurax

Affected Version<= 2.6

CVSS5.3Medium

CVECVE-2024-1476

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Vulnerability Overview

The Under Construction / Maintenance Mode from Acurax plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.6 via the REST API. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to obtain the contents of posts and pages when maintenance mode is active thus bypassing the protection provided by the plugin.

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-2024-1476 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f28c47e6-a37d-4328-afb2-6a9e6b3fe20a

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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