CVE-2023-2159 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The CMP – Coming Soon & Maintenance plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Maintenance Mode Bypass in versions up to, and including, 4.1.7. A correct cmp_bypass GET parameter in the URL (equal to the md5-hashed home_url in the default setting) allows users to visit a site placed in maintenance mode thus bypassing the plugin's provided feature.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0015.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Niteothemes	Cmp

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:niteothemes:cmp:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cmp-coming-soon-maintenance/tags/4.1.6/niteo-cmp.php#L808
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2900571/cmp-coming-soon-maintenance/tags/4.1.8/cmp-advanced.php?old=2873620&old_path=cmp-coming-soon-maintenance%2Ftags%2F4.1.7%2Fcmp-advanced.php
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/af955f69-b18c-446e-b05e-6a57a5f16dfa?source=cve

History

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Title		CMP – Coming Soon & Maintenance <= 4.1.7 - Maintenance Mode Bypass
Weaknesses		CWE-284

Sat, 28 Dec 2024 02:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2023-06-09T05:33:28.584Z

Updated: 2026-04-08T17:15:37.762Z

Reserved: 2023-04-18T14:09:08.727Z

Link: CVE-2023-2159

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T06:12:20.613Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-06-09T06:16:04.290

Modified: 2026-04-08T19:18:12.243

Link: CVE-2023-2159

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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