Popup Builder by OptinMonster: A security weakness
Popup Builder by OptinMonster is affected by a security weakness. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- Popup Builder by OptinMonster
- Plugin slug
optinmonster- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Mar 13, 2023
- Weakness
- NVD-CWE-noinfo
This CVE was published Mar 13, 2023 and is one of 6 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Popup Builder by OptinMonster 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 Builder by OptinMonster WordPress plugin before 2.12.2 does not ensure that the campaign to be loaded via some shortcodes is actually a campaign, allowing any authenticated users such as subscriber to retrieve the content of arbitrary posts, like draft, private or even password protected ones.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N