Popup Box Plugin up to 20.8.x on WordPress Setting cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Popup Box Plugin up to 20.8.x on WordPress. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2023-6591. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Popup Box Plugin up to 20.8.x on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). Affected is an unknown part of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

The Popup Box WordPress plugin before 20.9.0 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed

The weakness was disclosed 02/12/2024 by John Jefferson Li. The advisory is shared for download at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-6591 since 12/07/2023. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

Upgrading to version 20.9.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Popup Box Plugin 20.9.0

Timelineinfo

12/07/2023 🔍
02/12/2024 +67 days 🔍
02/12/2024 +0 days 🔍
04/20/2025 +432 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Researcher: John Jefferson Li
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-6591 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-6591
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-253452

Entryinfo

Created: 02/12/2024 18:14
Updated: 04/20/2025 01:25
Changes: 02/12/2024 18:14 (42), 10/10/2024 03:08 (27), 10/28/2024 02:33 (11), 04/20/2025 01:25 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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