CVE-2023-6000 (GCVE-0-2023-6000)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-01 14:18 – Updated: 2025-06-18 14:55
VLAI?
Title
Popup Builder < 4.2.3 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS
Summary
The Popup Builder WordPress plugin before 4.2.3 does not prevent simple visitors from updating existing popups, and injecting raw JavaScript in them, which could lead to Stored XSS attacks.
Severity ?
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown Popup Builder Affected: 0 , < 4.2.3 (semver)
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Credits
Marc Montpas WPScan
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