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CMP Coming Soon EUVDEUVD-2026-107141

| CVE-2026-101138 MEDIUM
Improper Access Control (CWE-284)
2026-10-21 WPScan GHSA-8phv-5wjj-2pv3
5.3
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: WPScan
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Identify WordPress site in maintenance mode
  2. Exploit
    Enumerate whitelisted page URL patterns
  3. Execution
    Request matching page URL
  4. Impact
    Retrieve disclosed page content

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Access control enforcement
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Defense Evasion

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires that the site operator has (1) activated the CMP plugin's maintenance mode and (2) added one or more pages to the plugin's page whitelist using a manually entered URL pattern - this specific whitelist-by-URL-pattern configuration is the exact trigger named in the description. Only the content of those whitelisted pages is exposed; non-whitelisted pages remain protected, so the disclosure scope is limited to pages the operator explicitly configured. The limiting factor is therefore this non-default, operator-dependent whitelist configuration: a site running CMP maintenance mode with no manually whitelisted URL patterns is not exposed. No authentication or user interaction is required once the condition exists (PR:N/UI:N).

Impact

This is a genuinely low-to-moderate priority issue despite the vocabulary of 'unauthenticated' exploitation. The provided CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N = 5.3 Medium) is internally consistent with the description: a network-reachable, low-complexity flaw requiring no privileges or user interaction, but with only Low confidentiality impact and no integrity or availability impact. The real-world severity is bounded by what the flaw actually exposes - it leaks the content of pages the site owner themselves added to a maintenance-mode whitelist, not arbitrary backend data, credentials, or configuration. No EPSS score and no SSVC decision data were provided, so automatability and exploitation-maturity cannot be scored from the input. The flaw is NOT in CISA KEV (not confirmed actively exploited), but a public exploit reference exists via WPScan, so exploit code availability and active exploitation must be treated as distinct: code exists, but there is no evidence of exploitation in the wild. Net: a legitimate information-disclosure bug worth patching on the normal cycle, not an emergency - the low confidentiality-only impact and the dependency on a specific operator-created whitelist configuration keep real-world risk modest.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

A site operator enables the CMP plugin's maintenance mode and whitelists certain pages by manually entering URL patterns, expecting other pages to stay hidden. Because the plugin fails to correctly apply maintenance mode to those whitelisted pages, an unauthenticated visitor can simply request a matching URL and read the page content while the site is supposedly offline. A public exploit/advisory for this behavior is available via WPScan, and the low attack complexity (AC:L) means exploitation is as simple as navigating to the affected URL.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
Patch available 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 21, 2026

Unauthenticated visitors can view the content of maintenance-exempt pages on WordPress sites running CMP - Coming Soon & Maintenance plugin before 4.1.21 when the operator has enabled maintenance mode and manually whitelisted pages by URL pattern. The disclosure is limited to those explicitly whitelisted pages and requires that non-default configuration; publicly available exploit code exists.

RemediationAI

Vendor-released patch: 4.1.21; upgrade the CMP - Coming Soon & Maintenance plugin to 4.1.21 or later and verify the installed version, using the WPScan advisory at https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ae9f4fa9-e17d-4c52-86c8-48e5ba0dfef8/ as the reference. If immediate patching is not possible, remove manually entered URL-pattern entries from the page whitelist and rely on exact page-level allowlisting if the plugin supports it; this can block intended visitors from maintenance-exempt pages. As a compensating control, add a web server, reverse proxy, or WAF rule that denies unauthenticated requests to the whitelisted page paths while maintenance mode is active, recognizing that this may create false positives for legitimate preview or authorized-access flows. Disabling the plugin or turning off maintenance mode removes the exposure but defeats the intended maintenance protection.

Affected VersionsENISA

CMP – Coming Soon & Maintenance 4.1.19 <4.1.21

Affected Packages

euvd cmp_coming_soon_maintenance fix: 4.1.21

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The affected component is a WordPress plugin that implements coming-soon/maintenance-mode gating. Its page whitelist can be populated with manually entered URL patterns, intended to let selected pages remain reachable during maintenance. The defect is in how those pattern-based whitelist entries are evaluated; pages matching a manually entered pattern are not correctly subjected to maintenance-mode enforcement, so unauthenticated requests can retrieve their content. The supplied CPE cpe:2.3:a:unknown:cmp_-_coming_soon_&_maintenance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* does not identify a concrete vendor or version, and no CWE is provided; operationally this is an access-control/configuration-handling information-disclosure issue rather than code execution, and its scope is bounded to pages the administrator explicitly whitelisted.

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Severity by source

Vendor (WPScan) PRIMARY 5.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
vuln.today AI 5.3 MEDIUM

Remotely reachable page request with no auth or interaction (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N); only limited page content is disclosed, so C:L and I/A:N.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (WPScan).

CVSS VectorVendor: WPScan

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Patch available
Oct 21, 2026 - 10:16 EUVD
CVE Published
Oct 21, 2026 - 08:38 cve.org
MEDIUM 5.3

DescriptionCVE.org

The CMP - Coming Soon & Maintenance WordPress plugin before 4.1.21 does not correctly apply maintenance mode to pages added to its page whitelist by manually entered URL pattern, allowing unauthenticated visitors to view the content of those pages while maintenance mode is active.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 92% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
popular WordPress coming-soon/maintenance plugin, common but not universal
Exploit
POC
Public exploit code exists
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC Yes
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
Yes
Human Impact· derived
Medium
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

46
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +26
PoC: +20
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.

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