CVE-2019-19979

high

Description

A flaw in the WordPress plugin, WP Maintenance before 5.0.6, allowed attackers to enable a vulnerable site's maintenance mode and inject malicious code affecting site visitors. There was CSRF with resultant XSS.

References

https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/11/high-severity-vulnerability-patched-in-wp-maintenance-plugin/

https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9954

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-12-26

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00146

Detections

Analytics