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CVE-2024-1462: Maintenance Page <= 1.0.8 - Security Mechanism Bypass via REST API

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 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: 2024-03-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-284

Description

The Maintenance Page plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Basic Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.8 via the REST API. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to view post titles and content when the site is in maintenance mode.

Affected products

• themegrill Maintenance Page: before 1.0.9 — fixed in 1.0.9

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: themegrill Maintenance Page 1.0.9. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3037664%40maintenance-page%2Ftrunk&old=1218033%40maintenance-page%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/653bf021-370d-4787-9ded-c5c915aed1d6?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3037664%40maintenance-page%2Ftrunk&old=1218033%40maintenance-page%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/653bf021-370d-4787-9ded-c5c915aed1d6?source=cve

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