CVE-2018-20156
The WP Maintenance Mode plugin before 2.0.7 for WordPress allows remote authenticated "site administrator" users to execute arbitrary PHP code throughout a multisite network.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.51%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The WP Maintenance Mode plugin before 2.0.7 for WordPress allows remote authenticated "site administrator" users to execute arbitrary PHP code throughout a multisite network.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.2 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.51% probability · 74th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- designmodo/wp maintenance mode
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.5% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2016/07/3-vulnerabilities-wp-maintenance-mode/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2016/07/3-vulnerabilities-wp-maintenance-mode/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.