Popup Box – Create Countdown, Coupon, Video, Contact Form Popups: A security weakness
Popup Box – Create Countdown, Coupon, Video, Contact Form Popups is affected by a security weakness. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- Popup Box – Create Countdown, Coupon, Video, Contact Form Popups
- Plugin slug
ays-popup-box- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Nov 16, 2024
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published Nov 16, 2024 and is one of 9 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Popup Box – Create Countdown, Coupon, Video, Contact Form Popups to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The Popup Box – Create Countdown, Coupon, Video, Contact Form Popups plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the deactivate_plugin_option() function in all versions up to, and including, 4.9.7. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the 'ays_pb_upgrade_plugin' option with arbitrary data.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N