WordPress plugin
CGC Maintenance Mode <= 1.2 — Sensitive Information Exposure
CVE-2024-1418Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤1.2No patch available
What to do until a fix ships- Severity
- Medium5.3
- CVSS
- 5.3CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:LConfidentiality- Low
I:NIntegrity- None
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-284 Improper Access Control
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
CGC Maintenance Mode cgc-maintenance-mode
- Affected≤ 1.2
- PatchedNo fix yet
No patched version available.
You are affected if you run ≤ 1.2. No fixed version has been released.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under CGC Maintenance Mode.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch CGC Maintenance Mode to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Francesco Carlucci.
The CGC Maintenance Mode plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.2 via the REST API. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to view protected posts via REST API even when maintenance mode is enabled.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in CGC Maintenance Mode
All 2| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium5.3 | IP Spoofing ≤1.2No patch available | CVE-2024-30480 |
- Medium5.3IP Spoofing
≤1.2No patch available
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 5.3
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- [object Object]. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
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- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.