WP Maintenance Mode <= 1.8.7 - Missing Authorization Checks & Cross-Site Request Forgery

2013-06-05 00:00

Anonymous

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.8.8

Affected PluginLightStart – Maintenance Mode, Coming Soon and Landing Page Builder

Affected Version< 1.8.8

CVSS5.4Medium

CVECVE-2013-3250

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Vulnerability Overview

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the WP Maintenance Mode plugin before 1.8.8 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that modify this plugin's settings.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.8.8, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)) The web application does not, or cannot, sufficiently verify whether a request was intentionally provided by the user who sent the request, which could have originated from an unauthorized actor.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-3250 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f42dc6ab-4035-4e9e-b956-40395c7e309f

CVSS Vector

5.4

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityLow

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