Improper Privilege Management in IgniteUp - Coming Soon and Maintenance Mode - CVE-2019-17234
Published: November 11, 2019 / Updated: December 23, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU22628
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-17234
CWE-ID: CWE-269
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privilege on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to the "deleteTemplate" function in the “includes/class-coming-soon-creator.php” script does not check the user capabilities and lacks a security nonce. A remote attacker can execute that function to delete any file or folder on the website.
Affected software
IgniteUp - Coming Soon and Maintenance Mode
How to mitigate CVE-2019-17234
Install updates from vendor's website.
IgniteUp - Coming Soon and Maintenance Mode - update to 3.4.1