CVE-2023-7019 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2023-7019

LightStart – Maintenance Mode, Coming Soon and Landing Page Builder <= 2.6.8 - Missing Authorization

Vulnerability Description

The LightStart – Maintenance Mode, Coming Soon and Landing Page Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the insert_template function in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.8. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to change page designs.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Lucio Sá

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

LightStart – Maintenance Mode, Coming Soon and Landing Page Builder
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: January 11th, 2024
Last Modified: April 8th, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-862

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation
Privilege Escalation
T1078 Valid Accounts
Persistence
T1531 Account Access Removal
Impact