WordPress plugin · wp-maintenance-mode-site-under-construction
Is WP Maintenance Mode & Site Under Construction safe?
Safe on 5.3 or newer.
The current version, 5.3, is past every affected range on record (5 of 5 records list one). Keep it updated and you’re clear of them.
- Flaws on record
- 5
- High or critical
- 2
- Exploited
- none
- Current version
- 5.3
- Last updated
- Sep 2, 2026
- Active installs
- 3,000+
Every recorded flaw
- Jun 6, 2025WP Maintenance Mode & Site Under Construction: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)CVE-2025-49284 · affects up to 4.3 · reported by PatchstackMedium 4.3
- May 14, 2021Low privileged users can use the AJAX action 'cp_plugins_do_button_job_later_callback' in the WP Maintenance Mode & Site Under Construction WordPress plugin befCVE-2021-24191 · fixed in 1.8.2 · reported by WPScan1.3% oddsHigh 8.8
- Dec 14, 2018The WP Maintenance Mode plugin before 2.0.7 for WordPress allows remote authenticated "site administrator" users to execute arbitrary PHP code throughout a multCVE-2018-20156 · fixed in 2.0.7 · reported by MITRE1.5% oddsHigh 7.2
- Dec 14, 2018The WP Maintenance Mode plugin before 2.0.7 for WordPress allows remote authenticated subscriber users to bypass intended access restrictions on changes to plugCVE-2018-20155 · fixed in 2.0.7 · reported by MITREMedium 4.3
- Dec 14, 2018The WP Maintenance Mode plugin before 2.0.7 for WordPress allows remote authenticated users to discover all subscriber e-mail addresses.CVE-2018-20154 · fixed in 2.0.7 · reported by MITREMedium 4.3
Records come from the National Vulnerability Database, published by the researchers who found each flaw (Wordfence, Patchstack, WPScan and others); exploited status from CISA; exploit odds from FIRST’s EPSS; current version, installs and closures from wordpress.org, checked daily. Want every plugin on your site checked at once? Run the free website check.
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