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CVE-2024-12683

Smart Maintenance Mode < 1.5.2 - Admin+ Stored XSS

Severity Score

3.5
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

1
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

Track*
*SSVC
Descriptions

The Smart Maintenance Mode WordPress plugin before 1.5.2 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

*Credits: Dogus DEMIRKIRAN, WPScan
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Medium
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:Track*
Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Tech. Impact
Partial
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2024-12-16 CVE Reserved
  • 2025-03-26 CVE Published
  • 2025-03-26 CVE Updated
  • 2025-03-26 First Exploit
  • 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Unknown
Search vendor "Unknown"
 Smart Maintenance Mode
Search vendor "Unknown" for product "Smart Maintenance Mode"
 < 1.5.2
Search vendor "Unknown" for product "Smart Maintenance Mode" and version " < 1.5.2"
en
Affected