CVE-2025-1490: Smart Maintenance Mode <= 1.5.2 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via setstatus Parameter
Description
The Smart Maintenance Mode plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘setstatus’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2025-1490
CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS Base Score: 6.1
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Problem Types
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Affected Products
Vendor: brijeshk89
Product: Smart Maintenance Mode
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.1% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 29.26% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-04-23 (when was this score calculated)
References
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1490https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ea9ca8ac-e735-4e84-af0f-45d22a8e2124?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smart-maintenance-mode/trunk/smart-maintenance-mode.php#L562
https://wordpress.org/plugins/smart-maintenance-mode/#developers