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GHSA-FHW3-QV5F-7VRW

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-01-01 15:30 – Updated: 2025-06-18 15:30

Details

The Popup Builder WordPress plugin before 4.2.3 does not prevent simple visitors from updating existing popups, and injecting raw JavaScript in them, which could lead to Stored XSS attacks.

Severity

6.1 (Medium)


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

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  "modified": "2025-06-18T15:30:33Z",
  "published": "2024-01-01T15:30:33Z",
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CVE-2023-6000 (GCVE-0-2023-6000)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-01 14:18 – Updated: 2025-06-18 14:55

Title

Popup Builder < 4.2.3 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS

Summary

The Popup Builder WordPress plugin before 4.2.3 does not prevent simple visitors from updating existing popups, and injecting raw JavaScript in them, which could lead to Stored XSS attacks.

Severity

6.1 (Medium)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-01-16 14:27 UTC

CWE

CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Assigner

WPScan CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard E 44/100 over 1723 records in the last 180 days details

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/cdb3a8bd-4ee0-4c…	exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
https://wpscan.com/blog/stored-xss-fixed-in-popup…	technical-description

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Unknown	Popup Builder	Affected: 0 , < 4.2.3 (semver)

Credits

Marc Montpas WPScan

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