Pop ups, Exit intent popups, email popups, banners, bars, countdowns and cart savers – Promolayer: A security weakness
Pop ups, Exit intent popups, email popups, banners, bars, countdowns and cart savers – Promolayer is affected by a security weakness. Exploitation requires an authenticated WordPress account. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- Pop ups, Exit intent popups, email popups, banners, bars, countdowns and cart savers – Promolayer
- Plugin slug
promolayer-popup-builder- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Jun 20, 2024
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published Jun 20, 2024 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Pop ups, Exit intent popups, email popups, banners, bars, countdowns and cart savers – Promolayer 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 Pop ups, Exit intent popups, email popups, banners, bars, countdowns and cart savers – Promolayer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized plugin settings update due to a missing capability check on the disconnect_promolayer function in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber access or higher, to remove the Promolayer connection.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N