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CVE-2022-47597· NVD / CVE Program· CNA Patchstack

WordPress Popup Maker Plugin <= 1.17.1 is vulnerable to Sensitive Data Exposure

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 30/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.61% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Popup Maker Popup Maker – Popup for opt-ins, lead gen, & more 1.18.0.
  • Severity is disputed: the assigning authority (CNA) scores it 5.3, NVD 7.5.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Popup Maker Popup Maker – Popup for opt-ins, lead gen, & more 1.18.0 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in Popup Maker Popup Maker – Popup for opt-ins, lead gen, & more.This issue affects Popup Maker – Popup for opt-ins, lead gen, & more: from n/a through 1.17.1.

HighCVSS 7.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Dec 20, 2023
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.6% · 48th percentile

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Action score

30

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.6%

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
7.5
CNA · Patchstack
5.3
2.2 point gap

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
code-atlanticpopup maker

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • code-atlantic popup makerbefore 1.18.0

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.

  • Popup Maker Popup Maker – Popup for opt-ins, lead gen, & more

    • n/a and later · up to and including 1.17.1affectedfixed in 1.18.0

Same product

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Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2024-47358WordPress Popup Maker plugin <= 1.19.2 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2019-17574An issue was discovered in the Popup Maker plugin before 1.8.13 for WordPress.
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2022-1104Popup Maker < 1.16.5 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
    36Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2022-4362Jan 2, 2023 · Popup Maker < 1.16.9 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode
    21Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2022-4381Jan 2, 2023 · Popup Maker < 1.16.9 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Subscription Form
    21Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2024-2336Apr 9, 2024 · Popup Maker – Popup for opt-ins, lead gen, & more <= 1.18.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
    21Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Popup Maker Popup Maker – Popup for opt-ins, lead gen, & more1.18.0Vendor (CNA)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

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.

EPSS, last 120 days

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 researchers

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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.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
none
Availability
none
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

nvd-primary

Root cause

The extension requests broader permissions than its function needs and sends the data it collects out for purposes beyond its stated function.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-200 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

json
{  "permissions": ["tabs", "<all_urls>"],  "background": { "service_worker": "analytics.js" }}

Fixed

json
{  "permissions": ["activeTab"],  "host_permissions": ["https://yildiz.example/*"]}

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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