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FKIE_CVE-2022-50955

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-05-10 13:16 - Updated: 2026-07-24 19:10
Severity
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Summary
WordPress Plugin Curtain 1.0.2 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability that allows attackers to activate or deactivate site maintenance mode by crafting malicious requests. Attackers can trick authenticated administrators into submitting forged requests to the options-general.php page with curtain parameters to toggle maintenance mode without valid nonce validation.
References
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://wordpress.org/plugins/curtain/
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50842
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wordpress-plugin-curtain-cross-site-request-forgery
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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  "lastModified": "2026-07-24T19:10:00.160",
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