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CVE-2020-36707: Coming Soon & Maintenance Mode Page <= 1.57 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-06-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-352

Description

The Coming Soon & Maintenance Mode Page plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.57. This is due to confusing logic functions missing or having incorrect nonce validation. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to gain and perform otherwise unauthorized access and actions via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Affected products

• Wpconcern Nifty Coming Soon & Maintenance Mode Page: before 1.58 — fixed in 1.58

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Wpconcern Nifty Coming Soon & Maintenance Mode Page 1.58. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://jetpack.com/features/security/library/nifty-coming-soon-and-under-construction-page-plugin/
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/aa47a464-af97-43bc-b6cb-75a08ce3ece7
• https://www.acunetix.com/vulnerabilities/web/wordpress-plugin-coming-soon-maintenance-mode-page-cross-site-request-forgery-1-57/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/59278214-b0ce-44bf-8d8f-265c5c50006a?source=cve
• https://jetpack.com/features/security/library/nifty-coming-soon-and-under-construction-page-plugin/
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/aa47a464-af97-43bc-b6cb-75a08ce3ece7
• https://www.acunetix.com/vulnerabilities/web/wordpress-plugin-coming-soon-maintenance-mode-page-cross-site-request-forgery-1-57/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/59278214-b0ce-44bf-8d8f-265c5c50006a?source=cve

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