WordPress security changelog
HIGH CVE-2024-2008 Deferred

Modal Popup Box – Popup Builder, Show Offers And News in Popup: Code execution

Modal Popup Box – Popup Builder, Show Offers And News in Popup is affected by code execution. Exploitation requires at least contributor-level access. Successful exploitation can run attacker-controlled code in the WordPress hosting account.

CVE / CNA score 8.8 CVSS 3.1 · security@wordfence.com
NVD score Pending NVD has not published its own CVSS assessment.
Component
Modal Popup Box – Popup Builder, Show Offers And News in Popup
Plugin slug
modal-popup-box
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Apr 04, 2024
Weakness
CWE-502 — Deserialization of Untrusted Data

This CVE was published Apr 04, 2024 and is one of 2 known issues for this plugin.

What to do

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Modal Popup Box – Popup Builder, Show Offers And News in Popup 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.

Source record

Technical description

The Modal Popup Box – Popup Builder, Show Offers And News in Popup plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.2 via deserialization of untrusted input in the awl_modal_popup_box_shortcode function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject a PHP Object. If a POP chain is present via an additional plugin or theme installed on the target system, it could allow the attacker to delete arbitrary files, retrieve sensitive data, or execute code.

CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Primary and upstream sources