CVE-2019-19979

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-79 CWE-352

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9954Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/11/high-severity-vulnerability-patched-in-wp-maintenance-plugin/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9954Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/11/high-severity-vulnerability-patched-in-wp-maintenance-plugin/Exploit, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Dec 26, 2019
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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