PT-2022-13005 · WordPress · Wp Maintenance Mode & Coming Soon

Krzysztof Zając · Published 2022-02-21 · Updated 2023-08-02 · CVE-2022-0164

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Coming soon and Maintenance mode WordPress plugin version 3.5.2 and earlier

Description The issue concerns a lack of authorization and CSRF checks in the coming soon send mail AJAX action. This allows any authenticated users, even those with a role as low as subscriber, to send arbitrary emails to all subscribed users.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.5.3, update to version 3.5.3 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the coming soon send mail AJAX action to prevent unauthorized email sending.

Exploit

Fix

Missing Authorization

CSRF

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-862

CWE-352

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-0164

Affected Products

Wp Maintenance Mode & Coming Soon

References · 5

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/942535f9-73bf-4467-872a-20075f03bc51 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-0164 · Vendor Advisory
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2655973 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0164 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/55003 · Telegram Post