WP Maintenance Mode <= 2.0.6 - Missing Authorization

2016-07-06 00:00

Sean Murphy

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.0.7

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

Affected Version< 2.0.7

CVSS5.4Medium

CVECVE-2018-20155

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Vulnerability Overview

The WP Maintenance Mode plugin before 2.0.7 for WordPress allows remote authenticated subscriber users to bypass intended access restrictions on changes to plugin settings.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.0.7, 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-2018-20155 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/00d69e80-36fa-4b74-8138-56c0bf576e44

CVSS Vector

5.4

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

Base

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

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