Coming Soon Page & Maintenance Mode <= 1.8.1 - Unauthenticated Settings Reset

2019-07-17 00:00
Jerome Bruandet

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 1.8.2
Affected Version<= 1.8.1
CVSS6.5Medium
CVECVE-2019-25139
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Vulnerability Overview

The Coming Soon Page & Maintenance Mode plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthenticated settings reset in versions up to, and including 1.8.1 due to missing capability checks in the ~/functions/data-reset-post.php file which makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to trigger a plugin settings reset.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.8.2, 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

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