WordPress Popup Builder plugin <= 4.1.11 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) leading to plugin settings update
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Sygnoos Popup Builder plugin <= 4.1.11 at WordPress allows an attacker to update plugin settings.
- Published
- Jul 22, 2022
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.5% · 41th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-352
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Report tools
Action score
17
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 17 / 40 · 4.3 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.5%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 4.3
- CNA · Patchstack
- 5.4
- 1.1 point gap
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| sygnoos | popup builder | cpe:2.3:a:sygnoos:popup_builder |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- sygnoos popup builderbefore 4.1.12
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Patchstack). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Sygnoos Popup Builder (WordPress plugin)
- <= 4.1.11 and later · up to and including 4.1.11affected
Same product
sygnoos: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2022-0479Popup Builder < 4.1.1 - SQL Injection to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting52Plan
- CVE-2020-9006The Popup Builder plugin 2.2.8 through 2.6.7.6 for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL injection (in the sgImportPopups function in sg_popup_ajax42Plan
- CVE-2019-14695A SQL injection vulnerability exists in the Sygnoos Popup Builder plugin before 3.45 for WordPress.40Plan
- CVE-2021-25082Popup Builder < 4.0.7 - LFI to RCE37Monitor
- CVE-2023-6696Popup Builder – Create highly converting, mobile friendly marketing popups <= 4.3.1 - Missing Authorization and Nonce Exposure32Monitor
- CVE-2024-2541Popup Builder <= 4.3.6 - Sensitive Information Exposure via Imported Subscribers CSV File30Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
Proof of concept available
A public proof of concept or detection signature exists. Exploit knowledge is out there; don't delay patching.
Evidence
- Nuclei detection template ×1
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| Source | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Nuclei detection template | Nuclei template CVE-2022-29495 | — |
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- A user must open a link or visit a page.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- low · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- none
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- Low
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-352 · Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
nvd-primary
Root cause
State-changing requests rely on the session cookie the browser sends automatically; nothing verifies that the request came from the user’s own page.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-352 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
app.use(session({ cookie: { httpOnly: true } }));app.post("/account/address", updateAddress);Fixed
app.use(session({ cookie: { httpOnly: true, sameSite: "lax" } }));app.post("/account/address", csrfProtection, updateAddress);Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Noroxi analysis
No Noroxi analysis for this record yet
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We use this product, ask for helpChange log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
- patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/popup-builder/wordpress-popup-builder-plugin-4-1-11-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-leading-to-plugin-settings-update
- wordpress.org/plugins/popup-builder/#developers
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.