PT-2024-15821 · WordPress · Wp Maintenance

Hoa Le Ngoc + 1 · Published 2024-06-19 · Updated 2024-06-20 · CVE-2024-0789

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WP Maintenance plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 6.1.9.2

Description The issue arises from insufficient IP address validation and the use of user-supplied HTTP headers as a primary method for IP retrieval. This allows unauthenticated attackers to bypass maintenance mode by spoofing their IP address.

Recommendations For WP Maintenance plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 6.1.9.2, update to a version later than 6.1.9.2 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to maintenance mode to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-348

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-0789

Affected Products

Wp Maintenance

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0789 · Security Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8f6bbaa1-c50f-4dad-9e5b-04bdffd4a0ae?source=cve · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3078682%40wp-maintenance%2Ftrunk&old=3069916%40wp-maintenance%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/83736 · Telegram Post