CVE-2023-29235

Maintenance Switch <= 1.5.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via 'admin_action_request'

mediumCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
5.4
CVSS Score
5.4
CVSS Score
medium
Severity
Unpatched
Patched in
N/A
Time to patch

Description

The Maintenance Switch plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.5.2. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'admin_action_request' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to restore default settings, create, or delete theme files based on the plugin's settings via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=1.5.2
PublishedAugust 28, 2023
Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024
Affected pluginmaintenance-switch

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