WP Maintenance <= 6.1.6 - Information Exposure

published 2024-02-20 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-17222

cvss: 5.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.5%; EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 40%
public exploits: 0; none known

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.

Patch / fix

fixed in 2 links 1

restezconnectes wp_maintenance 6.1.7
wp_maintenance_project wp_maintenance 6.1.7

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3035862%40wp… patch

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-05-08)

Exploit prediction

0.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 40% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	5.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected products

florent73 WP Maintenance

Classification

Weakness

CWE-284 Improper Access Control

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-1472
NVD CVE-2024-1472

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.

Summary