CVE-2025-12586: CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in evolurise Conditionnal Maintenance Mode for WordPress
The Conditional Maintenance Mode for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.0. This is due to missing nonce validation when toggling the maintenance mode status. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to enable or disable the site's maintenance mode via a forged request granted they can trick an administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2025-12586 is a CSRF vulnerability in the Conditional Maintenance Mode for WordPress plugin by evolurise. The issue arises because the plugin does not validate nonces when changing the maintenance mode status, allowing attackers to perform state-changing actions on behalf of an administrator if they can induce the administrator to click a crafted link or perform a similar action. This affects all versions up to and including 1.0.0. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-352 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 4.3 (medium severity).
Potential Impact
An attacker can cause the site to be put into or taken out of maintenance mode without proper authorization by exploiting the CSRF vulnerability. This could disrupt site availability or administrative control over maintenance mode settings. There is no direct impact on confidentiality or integrity reported.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until a fix is available, administrators should be cautious about clicking on untrusted links while logged into the WordPress admin interface. Implementing additional CSRF protections or disabling the plugin temporarily may reduce risk.
CVE-2025-12586: CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in evolurise Conditionnal Maintenance Mode for WordPress
Description
The Conditional Maintenance Mode for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.0. This is due to missing nonce validation when toggling the maintenance mode status. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to enable or disable the site's maintenance mode via a forged request granted they can trick an administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2025-12586 is a CSRF vulnerability in the Conditional Maintenance Mode for WordPress plugin by evolurise. The issue arises because the plugin does not validate nonces when changing the maintenance mode status, allowing attackers to perform state-changing actions on behalf of an administrator if they can induce the administrator to click a crafted link or perform a similar action. This affects all versions up to and including 1.0.0. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-352 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 4.3 (medium severity).
Potential Impact
An attacker can cause the site to be put into or taken out of maintenance mode without proper authorization by exploiting the CSRF vulnerability. This could disrupt site availability or administrative control over maintenance mode settings. There is no direct impact on confidentiality or integrity reported.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until a fix is available, administrators should be cautious about clicking on untrusted links while logged into the WordPress admin interface. Implementing additional CSRF protections or disabling the plugin temporarily may reduce risk.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 2025-10-31T22:24:37.442Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 69255e27292ce6fc00be05d5
Added to database: 11/25/2025, 7:43:35 AM
Last enriched: 4/9/2026, 4:15:25 PM
Last updated: 5/10/2026, 3:57:07 AM
Views: 81
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