CVE-2024-0789

5.3 MEDIUM

Published: June 19, 2024 Modified: April 15, 2026

Description

The WP Maintenance plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Address Spoofing in all versions up to, and including, 6.1.9.2 due to insufficient IP address validation and use of user-supplied HTTP headers as a primary method for IP retrieval. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass maintenance mode.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

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=

Source: security@wordfence.com

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8f6bbaa1-c50f-4dad-9e5b-04bdffd4a0ae?source=cve

Source: security@wordfence.com

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=

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8f6bbaa1-c50f-4dad-9e5b-04bdffd4a0ae?source=cve

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

4 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

5.3 / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

0.1%

26th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-348

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