Popup Box – Best WordPress Popup Plugin: A security weakness
Popup Box – Best WordPress Popup Plugin 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 – Best WordPress Popup Plugin
- Plugin slug
popup-box-best-wordpress-popup-plugin- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- May 02, 2024
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published May 02, 2024 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Popup Box – Best WordPress Popup Plugin 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 – Best WordPress Popup Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the ays_pb_create_author AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 4.3.6. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to enumerate all emails registered on the website.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N