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WordPress Plugin: wp-maintenance: CVE-2024-1472: Improper Access Control

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Feb 16, 2024
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
May 5, 2026

Description

The WP Maintenance plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 6.1.6 via the REST API. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass the plugin's maintenance mode obtain post and page content via REST API.

Solution

wp-maintenance-plugin-cve-2024-1472
Title
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