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CVE-2026-1256: YS LeadGen – Popups, Opt-ins & Lead Capture <= 2.1.4 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via User Input

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-09-19 · updated 2026-09-21
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The YS LeadGen plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass and Stored Cross-Site Scripting via multiple AJAX endpoints in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.4 due to missing capability checks on popup management actions. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to create arbitrary popups and inject malicious JavaScript that executes when the popup is displayed, leading to Stored XSS.

Affected products

• ysinnovations YS LeadGen – Popup Builder, Popup Maker & Form Builder for WordPress | Lead Generation, Email Marketing, S: through 2.1.4

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ysleadgen/tags/1.1.1/app/Controllers/Ajax.php#L36
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ysleadgen/tags/1.1.1/app/Controllers/Ajax.php#L37
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ysleadgen/tags/1.1.1/app/Controllers/Ajax.php#L38
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3577391
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b62b8619-4348-4cf7-a572-aa6df20bdc3a?source=cve

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