Vulnerability Report
Plugin Medium

MainWP Maintenance Extension <= 4.1.1 - Missing Authorization to Plugin Settings Change

The MainWP Maintenance Extension plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in versions up to, and including, 4.1.1 due to a missing capability check. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to change the plugin's settings.

Published
Jan 17, 2023
Last Updated
Jan 22, 2024
Slug
mainwp-maintenance-extension
Detailed Metadata
Software Type Plugin
Software Slug
mainwp-maintenance-extension View on wordpress.org
CVE No linked CVE entry.
Patched Versions
4.1.2
Affected Versions
*-4.1.1
Licensing Notices

This record contains material that is subject to copyright

DEFIANT
Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc.

License: Defiant hereby grants you a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable copyright license to reproduce, prepare derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute this software vulnerability information. Any copy of the software vulnerability information you make for such purposes is authorized provided that you include a hyperlink to this vulnerability record and reproduce Defiant's copyright designation and this license in any such copy. Read more