PT-2019-16028 · WordPress · Wp Maintenance

Published 2019-12-26 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2019-19979

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WP Maintenance versions prior to 5.0.6

Description A flaw in the WordPress plugin allowed attackers to enable a vulnerable site's maintenance mode and inject malicious code affecting site visitors. This issue involved CSRF with resultant XSS.

Recommendations For versions prior to 5.0.6, update to version 5.0.6 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the maintenance mode feature until a patch is applied.

Exploit

Fix

CSRF

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-352

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-19979

Affected Products

Wp Maintenance

References · 4

• 🔥 https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9954 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://wordfence.com/blog/2019/11/high-severity-vulnerability-patched-in-wp-maintenance-plugin · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-19979 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-19979 · Vendor Advisory