CVE-2025-1490 describes a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Smart Maintenance Mode plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions up to and including 1.5.2. This flaw, rated Medium severity (CVSS 6.1), stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping, allowing unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious web scripts via the 'setstatus' parameter. Successful exploitation requires user interaction, typically clicking a crafted link, and could lead to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 0, <= 1.5.2CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:brijeshk89:smart_maintenance_mode:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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