Slick Popup: A security weakness
Slick Popup 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
- Slick Popup
- Plugin slug
slick-popup- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Sep 03, 2019
This CVE was published Sep 03, 2019 and is one of 2 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Slick 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.
Technical description
The slick-popup plugin before 1.7.2 for WordPress has a hardcoded OmakPass13# password for the slickpopupteam account, after a Subscriber calls a certain AJAX action.
NVD vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H