CVE-2019-25139: Coming Soon Page & Maintenance Mode <= 1.8.1 - Unauthenticated Settings Reset

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2023-06-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The Coming Soon Page & Maintenance Mode plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthenticated settings reset in versions up to, and including 1.8.1 due to missing capability checks in the ~/functions/data-reset-post.php file which makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to trigger a plugin settings reset.

Affected products

wpshopmart Coming Soon Page & Maintenance Mode: through 1.8.1

References

https://blog.nintechnet.com/unauthenticated-stored-xss-in-wordpress-coming-soon-page-and-maintenance-mode-plugin/
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2121321
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2123149
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/61fdc6e9-75ea-4226-9527-a5fd02efde70?source=cve
https://blog.nintechnet.com/unauthenticated-stored-xss-in-wordpress-coming-soon-page-and-maintenance-mode-plugin/
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2121321
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2123149
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/61fdc6e9-75ea-4226-9527-a5fd02efde70?source=cve

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