CVE Catalog

CVE-2019-25744

MediumCVSS 5.4
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.17%

7th percentile - higher than 7% of all known CVEs

Summary

WordPress Popup Builder plugin version 3.49 contains a persistent XSS vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers to inject malicious scripts by breaking out of option tags in the post_title parameter. Scripts execute when popups are displayed.

Risk Assessment

The risk is that an attacker can steal session cookies and hijack an administrator account by injecting a JavaScript payload.

Recommendation

Update the Popup Builder plugin to the latest version that includes a fix for the XSS vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

WordPress Popup Builder 3.49 contains a persistent cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers to inject malicious scripts by breaking out of option tags in the post_title parameter. Attackers can submit crafted POST requests to the post.php endpoint with script payloads in the post_title field that execute when pages or posts display popup selections.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS