# CVE-2024-35749: WordPress Under Construction / Maintenance Mode from Acurax plugin <= 2.6 - IP Bypass vulnerability

> Attackers can bypass authentication in the Under Construction plugin by spoofing IP addresses, allowing unauthorized access to maintenance mode sites.

- **Severity:** Low 3.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/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:** 10 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hgwf-5rc9-7vr3

## What is CVE-2024-35749?

CVE-2024-35749 is a low-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Under Construction / Maintenance Mode from Acurax, published on 10 Jun 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Authentication Bypass by Spoofing vulnerability in Acurax Under Construction / Maintenance Mode from Acurax allows Authentication Bypass.This issue affects Under Construction / Maintenance Mode from Acurax: from n/a through 2.6.

Weakness: CWE-290 (Authentication Bypass by Spoofing)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-35749?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Acurax Under Construction \/ Maintenance Mode.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-35749?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-35749 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-35749 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-35749 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Under Construction / Maintenance Mode from Acurax

- [CVE-2023-39926](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-39926/): WordPress Under Construction / Maintenance Mode from Acurax Plugin <= 2.6 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2024-1476](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1476/): Under Construction / Maintenance Mode from Acurax <= 2.6 - Information Exposure (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2023-6922](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6922/): Under Construction / Maintenance Mode from Acurax <= 2.6 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Sensitive Information Exposure (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-35749 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-35749 is a low-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Under Construction / Maintenance Mode from Acurax, published on 10 Jun 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-2024-35749 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Under Construction / Maintenance Mode from Acurax. 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-2024-35749/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-35749/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-35749
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-35749
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-35749

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-35749/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.