CVE-2024-0789

WP Maintenance <= 6.1.9.2 - IP Spoofing to Maintenance Mode Bypass

5.3 Medium

The WP Maintenance plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Address Spoofing in all versions up to, and including, 6.1.9.2 due to insufficient IP address validation and use of user-supplied HTTP headers as a primary method for IP retrieval. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass maintenance mode.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: None
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

0.25%Up 0.2 points since Jun 19, 2024

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 5.3

WP Maintenance <= 6.1.9.2 - IP Spoofing to Maintenance Mode Bypass

Record: CVE-2024-0789
CVSS 3.1: 5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-348
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2024-16577 5.3

Record: EUVD-2024-16577
CVSS 3.1: 5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-64r5-36hc-63p9 5.3

The WP Maintenance plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Address Spoofing in all versions up...

Record: GHSA-64r5-36hc-63p9
CVSS 3.1: 5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-348
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 5.3

Record: CVE-2024-0789
CVSS 3.1: 5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-348
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2024-0789 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Florent Maillefaud Wp Maintenance, published June 19, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.25%, the 16th percentile. No source names a fixed version.