CVE-2019-19979
A flaw in the WordPress plugin, WP Maintenance before 5.0.6, allowed attackers to enable a...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2019-19979- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:L/I:L/PR:N/S:C/UI:R - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-9567
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.
- Record
EUVD-2019-9567- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:L/I:L/PR:N/S:C/UI:R - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6rmj-vqg9-w2qx No score
A flaw in the WordPress plugin, WP Maintenance before 5.0.6, allowed attackers to enable a...
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.
- Record
GHSA-6rmj-vqg9-w2qx- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
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.
- Record
CVE-2019-19979- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-79, CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-19979 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Wp Maintenance Project Maintenance, published December 26, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.63%, the 50th percentile. No source names a fixed version.