CVE-2023-2159 is a Maintenance Mode Bypass vulnerability affecting the CMP – Coming Soon & Maintenance plugin for WordPress, specifically in versions up to and including 4.1.7. An attacker can bypass the maintenance mode by appending a correctly formatted 'cmp_bypass' GET parameter to the URL, which typically involves the MD5 hash of the site's home URL. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.3 (Medium), indicating low attack complexity and no user interaction required, potentially leading to information disclosure. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit tools or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 4.1.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:niteothemes:cmp:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
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