The Popup Box – Best WordPress Popup Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in all versions up to 3.8.7 (exclusive) due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.
CVE-2023-5874 is a medium severity with CVSS 4.4 Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue affecting the Plugin Popup Box – Create Countdown, Coupon, Video, Contact Form Popups. It affects Versions before 3.8.7 and is fixed in 3.8.7.
CVE-2023-5874 is tracked for the Plugin Popup Box – Create Countdown, Coupon, Video, Contact Form Popups as medium severity with CVSS 4.4. The affected range is Versions before 3.8.7. Update Popup Box – Create Countdown, Coupon, Video, Contact Form Popups to 3.8.7 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.
| Software Type | Plugin |
|---|---|
| Software Slug |
ays-popup-box
View on wordpress.org
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| CVE | CVE-2023-5874 |
| Patched Versions |
3.8.7
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| Affected Versions |
Versions before 3.8.7
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These internal links group the same WordPress plugin by CVE, issue type, severity, and patch status so operators and search engines can connect the full vulnerability cluster.
Popup box < 2.3.4 - Authenticated SQL Injection
Popup Box – Create Countdown, Coupon, Video, Contact Form Popups < 5.5.0 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Popup Box Business (7.0.0 - 7.9.0) and Developer (20.0.0 - 20.9.0) - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Popup box <= 4.1.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery
Popup box <= 3.4.4 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via 'ays_pb_tab' Parameter
Popup Box – Create Countdown, Coupon, Video, Contact Form Popups <= 4.9.7 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Limited Options Update
Popup Box – Best WordPress Popup Plugin <= 4.3.6 - Missing Authorization to Information Exposure
Popup Box <= 4.7.7 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
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