CVE-2022-0164 Coming soon and Maintenance mode < 3.6.7 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Email Sending to Subscribed Users
Authenticated subscribers can send arbitrary emails to all subscribed users due to missing authorization and CSRF checks in the plugin's AJAX action.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-0164?
CVE-2022-0164 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Coming soon and Maintenance mode, published on 21 Feb 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Coming soon and Maintenance mode WordPress plugin before 3.5.3 does not have authorisation and CSRF checks in its coming_soon_send_mail AJAX action, allowing any authenticated users, with a role as low as subscriber to send arbitrary emails to all subscribed users
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0164?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wpdevart Coming Soon and Maintenance Mode.
How do I fix CVE-2022-0164?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-0164 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2022-0164 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0164 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Coming soon and Maintenance mode
Sources
Also known as GHSA-f5c9-gcjw-ghvw.