CVE-2022-2305: WordPress Popup <= 1.9.3.8 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-08-01 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The WordPress Popup WordPress plugin through 1.9.3.8 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 when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

Affected products

Popups – WordPress Popup: through 1.9.3.8

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ea0180cd-e018-43ea-88b9-fa8e71bf34bf
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ea0180cd-e018-43ea-88b9-fa8e71bf34bf

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