# CVE-2022-1580: Site Offline < 1.5.3 - Access Bypass

> Attackers can bypass the maintenance mode restriction by adding specific keywords to the URL query string, allowing unauthorized access to the site.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 19 Sep 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-62wv-mf7j-h7rg

## What is CVE-2022-1580?

CVE-2022-1580 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Unknown Site Offline Or Coming Soon Or Maintenance Mode, published on 19 Sep 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Site Offline Or Coming Soon Or Maintenance Mode WordPress plugin before 1.5.3 prevents users from accessing a website but does not do so if the URL contained certain keywords. Adding those keywords to the URL's query string would bypass the plugin's main feature.

Weakness: CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-1580?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Freehtmldesigns Site Offline.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-1580?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-1580 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-1580 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-1580 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Site Offline WP Plugin < 1.5.3 - Authorization Bypass (nuclei): http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-1580.yaml

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Site Offline Or Coming Soon Or Maintenance Mode

- [CVE-2020-35773](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-35773/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-49190](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-49190/): WordPress Site Offline Plugin <= 1.5.6 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (medium 5.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-1580 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-1580 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Unknown Site Offline Or Coming Soon Or Maintenance Mode, published on 19 Sep 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-1580 exists.

Affected product: Unknown Site Offline Or Coming Soon Or Maintenance Mode. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1580/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1580/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1580
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1580
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-1580

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1580/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.