{"id":12846,"date":"2023-01-03T16:01:07","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T21:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/?p=12846"},"modified":"2023-01-03T16:01:10","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T21:01:10","slug":"wordpress-popup-maker-vulnerability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/wordpress-popup-maker-vulnerability\/","title":{"rendered":"700,000+ Sites at Risk Due to WordPress Popup Maker Vulnerability"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Popular WordPress plugin Popup Maker was discovered to have a XSS vulnerability that could allow an attacker to upload malicious <a href=\"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/tag\/javascript\">JavaScript<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/tag\/wordpress\">WordPress<\/a> plugin named &#8220;Popup Maker \u2013 Popup for opt-ins, lead gen, &amp; more&#8221; has 700,00+ active installations and it also integrates with WooCommerce and many of the most popular contact forms such as Ninja Forms, Gravity Forms, Contact Form 7 (CF7), Caldera Forms, WPForms, Mailchimp for WordPress (MC4WP), Formidable Forms, and more with a host of addon features.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Popup Maker Vulnerability<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Popup Maker is affected by a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability where a malicious script injected into the plugin is done and stored on the server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This specific vulnerability happens when an attacker gains the credentials of a legitimate user with at least a contributor level of access then uses those credentials to initiate the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a kind of attack usually happens where there is an input that fails to sanitize what is being uploaded through the form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The U.S. government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nist.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National Vulnerability Database<\/a> issued an advisory about this Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in the WordPress Popup Maker plugin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The details of the WordPress Popup Maker vulnerability indicates that versions prior to 1.16.9 do not validate and escape one of its shortcode attributes, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is advised that existing WordPress website owners that use this plugin <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Popular WordPress plugin Popup Maker was discovered to have a XSS vulnerability that could allow an attacker to upload malicious JavaScript. 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