CVE-2019-19979

WP Maintenance <= 5.0.5 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

A flaw in the WordPress plugin, WP Maintenance before 5.0.6, allowed attackers to enable a vulnerable site's maintenance mode and inject malicious code affecting site visitors. There was CSRF with resultant XSS.

Un fallo en el plugin de WordPress, WP Maintenance versiones anteriores a 5.0.6, permitió a atacantes habilitar el modo de mantenimiento de un sitio vulnerable e inyectar código malicioso que afecta a los visitantes del sitio. Se presentó un CSRF con un XSS resultante.

*Credits: Chloe Chamberland

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

High

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2019-11-19 CVE Published
2019-12-26 CVE Reserved
2023-09-11 EPSS Updated
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2024-08-05 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9954	2024-08-05
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/11/high-severity-vulnerability-patched-in-wp-maintenance-plugin	2024-08-05

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Wp Maintenance Project Search vendor "Wp Maintenance Project"		Wp Maintenance Search vendor "Wp Maintenance Project" for product "Wp Maintenance"				< 5.0.6 Search vendor "Wp Maintenance Project" for product "Wp Maintenance" and version " < 5.0.6"		wordpress		Affected