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CVE-2023-6751: Hostinger <= 1.9.7 - Missing Authorization to Maintenance Mode Activation

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-01-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The Hostinger plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized plugin settings update due to a missing capability check on the function publish_website in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.7. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to enable and disable maintenance mode.

Affected products

• Hostinger Tools: through 1.9.7

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3010008%40hostinger%2Ftrunk&old=3010004%40hostinger%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d89cf759-5e5f-43e2-90a9-a8e554653ee1?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3010008%40hostinger%2Ftrunk&old=3010004%40hostinger%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d89cf759-5e5f-43e2-90a9-a8e554653ee1?source=cve

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