Coming soon and Maintenance mode < 3.6.7 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Email Sending to Subscribed Users
Priority LOW 20CWE-352Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Tampering, Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-352 and CWE-862.
Summary
The Coming soon and Maintenance mode WordPress plugin before 3.5.3 does not have authorisation and CSRF checks in its coming_soon_send_mail AJAX action, allowing any authenticated users, with a role as low as subscriber to send arbitrary emails to all subscribed users
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00349 28th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix Fixed Coming soon and Maintenance mode (Unknown): 3.5.3
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Coming soon and Maintenance mode | before 3.5.3 | 3.5.3 | Patch available | CNA |
- Coming soon and Maintenance mode VendorUnknown Affected before 3.5.3 Fixed in 3.5.3 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Coming soon and Maintenance mode (Unknown) Fixed in 3.5.3
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-0164
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f5c9-gcjw-ghvw
References
More wpdevart Coming Soon And Maintenance Mode vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-06861 Coming Soon and Maintenance Mode < 3.5.3 - Authenticated Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2022-00137 Coming soon and Maintenance mode < 3.6.8 - Arbitrary Email Sending to Subscribed Users via CSRF CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
Sources
- CVE-2022-0164 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-0164 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-f5c9-gcjw-ghvw · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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