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CVE-2024-12683: The Smart Maintenance Mode WordPress plugin before 1.5.2 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting

low Affects smart-maintenance-mode (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

The Smart Maintenance Mode WordPress plugin before 1.5.2 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Package
smart-maintenance-mode (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<1.5.2
Fixed in
1.5.2
Severity
low  CVSS 3.5
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 0% (21.2th percentile)
Published
2025-03-26
Source
nvd

References

CWE-79
NVD recordsmart-maintenance-mode (WordPress plugin) advisories

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