CVE-2025-12586 Conditional Maintenance Mode for WordPress <= 1.0.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery
Unauthenticated attackers can toggle site maintenance mode via CSRF if an administrator clicks a malicious link.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-12586?
CVE-2025-12586 is a medium-severity vulnerability in evolurise Conditionnal Maintenance Mode for WordPress, published on 25 Nov 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Conditional Maintenance Mode for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.0. This is due to missing nonce validation when toggling the maintenance mode status. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to enable or disable the site's maintenance mode via a forged request granted they can trick an administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12586?
How do I fix CVE-2025-12586?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12586 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-12586 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12586 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-73m6-mfr6-wg7g.