CVE-2024-9706 Ultimate Coming Soon & Maintenance <= 1.0.9 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Template Activation
Unauthenticated attackers can modify the coming soon or maintenance page template due to a missing capability check in the Ultimate Coming Soon & Maintenance plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-9706?
CVE-2024-9706 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in rstheme2017 Ultimate Coming Soon & Maintenance, published on 6 Dec 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Ultimate Coming Soon & Maintenance plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the ucsm_activate_lite_template_lite function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.9. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change the template used for the coming soon / maintenance page.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-9706?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Rstheme Ultimate Coming Soon \& Maintenance.
How do I fix CVE-2024-9706?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9706 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-2024-9706 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9706 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in rstheme2017 Ultimate Coming Soon & Maintenance
- CVE-2025-24546 WordPress Ultimate Coming Soon & Maintenance plugin <= 1.0.9 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability
- CVE-2025-24543 WordPress Ultimate Coming Soon & Maintenance plugin <= 1.0.9 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability
- CVE-2024-9705 Ultimate Coming Soon & Maintenance <= 1.0.9 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Template Name Update
Sources
Also known as GHSA-67pg-v4wj-5w9x.