WP Popup Builder <= 1.2.9 - Missing Authorization and Cross-Site Request Forgery

Missing Authorization

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVE	CVE-2022-2405
CVSS	High (7.5)
Publicly Published	September 5, 2022
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	Krzysztof Zając

Description

The WP Popup Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to, and including, 1.2.9. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation and capabilities checks on several of its functions available to unauthenticated users. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create, update, and delete popups.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	wp-popup-builder (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 1.2.9
Patched Version	1.3.0

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