WP Maintenance Mode <= 2.0.6 - Remote Code Execution

2018-12-14 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

CVSS9.1Critical

CVECVE-2018-20156

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Vulnerability Overview

The WP Maintenance Mode plugin before 2.0.7 for WordPress allows remote authenticated "site administrator" users to execute arbitrary PHP code throughout a multisite network.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.0.7, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation) The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-20156 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2cf2201d-6da0-4f66-9135-c6b34ef7c65f

CVSS Vector

9.1

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredHigh
User InteractionNone
ScopeChanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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