Description
The Popup Maker WordPress plugin before 1.16.5 does not sanitise and escape some of its Popup settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | Popup Maker – Popup for opt-ins, lead gen, & more | 1.16.5 – < 1.16.5 | 1.16.5 |
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- WordPress Plugin Popup Maker 1.16.5 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting (Authenticated) EDB-50876 · webapps · Apr 19, 2022
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.