Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability in Popup Box WordPress Plugin
CVE-2023-6591

4.8MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
Popup Box
Vendor
CVE Published:
12 February 2024

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

What is CVE-2023-6591?

The Popup Box WordPress plugin before 20.9.0 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed

Affected Version(s)

Popup Box 20.8.7 < 20.9.0

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

CVE-2023-6591 - Proof of Concept

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f296de1c-b70b-4829-aba7-...
exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.8
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

John Jefferson Li
WPScan
.