Ultimate Coming Soon & Maintenance Plugin up to 1.0.9 on WordPress Template authorization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Ultimate Coming Soon & Maintenance Plugin up to 1.0.9 on WordPress. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Template Handler. This manipulation causes authorization. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2024-9706. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Ultimate Coming Soon & Maintenance Plugin up to 1.0.9 on WordPress. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component Template Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-862. The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. As an impact it is known to affect integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-9706 since 10/09/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/05/2025).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.8

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VulDB Temp Score: 6.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Authorization
CWE: CWE-862 / CWE-863 / CWE-285
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

10/09/2024 🔍
12/06/2024 +58 days 🔍
12/06/2024 +0 days 🔍
06/05/2025 +181 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wordfence.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2024-9706 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-9706
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-287083

Entryinfo

Created: 12/06/2024 05:01
Updated: 06/05/2025 21:12
Changes: 12/06/2024 05:01 (51), 12/06/2024 13:46 (12), 06/05/2025 21:12 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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