PT-2023-11366 · WordPress · The Coming Soon Page & Maintenance Mode

Jerome Bruandet · Published 2023-06-07 · Updated 2023-06-13 · CVE-2019-25139

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions The Coming Soon Page & Maintenance Mode plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including 1.8.1

Description The issue is related to missing capability checks in the ~/functions/data-reset-post.php file, allowing unauthenticated attackers to trigger a plugin settings reset.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including 1.8.1, update to a version that includes the necessary capability checks to prevent unauthenticated settings reset.

Exploit

Fix

Missing Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-862

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-25139

Affected Products

The Coming Soon Page & Maintenance Mode

References · 6

• 🔥 https://blog.nintechnet.com/unauthenticated-stored-xss-in-wordpress-coming-soon-page-and-maintenance-mode-plugin · Exploit
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2123149 · Patch
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2121321 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-25139 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-25139 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/61fdc6e9-75ea-4226-9527-a5fd02efde70?source=cve · Note