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CVE-2023-5809

MEDIUM 4.8 CVSS 3.1
Published
December 4, 2023
Last modified
June 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified
Reported by
contact@wpscan.com
Weakness
CWE-79
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Description

The Popup box WordPress plugin before 3.8.6 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

Affected products and versions

  • Unknown Popup box — Before 3.8.6
  • ays-pro popup_box — Before 3.8.6

References

  • wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f1eb05e8-1b7c-45b1-912d-f668bd68e265 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record