CVE-2024-0789

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.

CVSS v3 5.3 MEDIUM

5.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

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

Configurations

No configuration.

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2024-06-19 08:15

Updated : 2026-06-17 06:54

NVD link : CVE-2024-0789

Mitre link : CVE-2024-0789

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-0789

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-348

Use of Less Trusted Source

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