# CVE-2024-1462: Maintenance Page <= 1.0.8 - Security Mechanism Bypass via REST API

> Unauthenticated attackers can view post titles and content via REST API when the site is in maintenance mode.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Mar 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mpvh-q2vr-ww2x

## What is CVE-2024-1462?

CVE-2024-1462 is a medium-severity vulnerability in themegrill Maintenance Page, published on 13 Mar 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Maintenance Page plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Basic Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.8 via the REST API. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to view post titles and content when the site is in maintenance mode.

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1462?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Themegrill Maintenance Page.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-1462?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1462 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-1462 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1462 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in themegrill Maintenance Page

- [CVE-2024-1370](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1370/): Maintenance Page <= 1.0.8 - Missing Authorization to Sensitive Information Exposure (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-1462 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-1462 is a medium-severity vulnerability in themegrill Maintenance Page, published on 13 Mar 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1462 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: themegrill Maintenance Page. 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-2024-1462/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1462/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-1462
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1462
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-1462

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1462/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.