{"id":"CVE-2020-36752","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-36752","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T21:18:24.486Z","title":"The Coming Soon & Maintenance Mode Page plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.57.","description":"The Coming Soon & Maintenance Mode Page plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.57. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the save_meta_box() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to save meta boxes via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.","published":"2023-07-12T05:15:09.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:16:09.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@wordfence.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":4.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-352"],"affected":["wpconcern/coming soon \\& maintenance mode page"],"epss":{"score":0.00483,"percentile":0.41324,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.48%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://blog.nintechnet.com/25-wordpress-plugins-vulnerable-to-csrf-attacks/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://blog.nintechnet.com/more-wordpress-plugins-and-themes-vulnerable-to-csrf-attacks/","tags":["Not Applicable"],"source":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-1/","tags":["Not Applicable"],"source":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-2/","tags":["Not Applicable"],"source":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-3/","tags":["Not Applicable"],"source":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-4/","tags":["Not Applicable"],"source":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-5/","tags":["Not Applicable"],"source":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2368978%40nifty-coming-soon-and-under-construction-page&new=2368978%40nifty-coming-soon-and-under-construction-page&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=","tags":["Patch"],"source":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d283527a-a955-4f82-9827-81a71158d8e2?source=cve","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://blog.nintechnet.com/25-wordpress-plugins-vulnerable-to-csrf-attacks/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://blog.nintechnet.com/more-wordpress-plugins-and-themes-vulnerable-to-csrf-attacks/","tags":["Not Applicable"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-1/","tags":["Not Applicable"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-2/","tags":["Not Applicable"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-3/","tags":["Not Applicable"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-4/","tags":["Not Applicable"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-5/","tags":["Not Applicable"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2368978%40nifty-coming-soon-and-under-construction-page&new=2368978%40nifty-coming-soon-and-under-construction-page&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d283527a-a955-4f82-9827-81a71158d8e2?source=cve","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36752","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}