Minimal Coming Soon & Maintenance Mode <= 2.10 - Missing Authorization

2019-12-18 00:00

Chloe Chamberland

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.15

Affected PluginMinimal Coming Soon – Coming Soon Page

Affected Version< 2.15

CVSS7.1High

CVECVE-2020-6168

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Vulnerability Overview

A flaw in the WordPress plugin, Minimal Coming Soon & Maintenance Mode through 2.10, allows authenticated users with basic access to enable and disable maintenance-mode settings (impacting the availability and confidentiality of a vulnerable site, along with the integrity of the setting).

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.15, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-6168 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/61d3f1f4-4cb9-4dd2-bda7-d08b2ccdbcba

CVSS Vector

7.1

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityHigh

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