Vulnerability · Published Nov 16, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-10861Popup Box – Create Countdown, Coupon, Video, Contact Form Popups <= 4.9.7 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Limited Options Update
Medium 5.3
In plain English
A medium-severity missing authorization in Popup Box – Create Countdown, Coupon, Video, Contact Form Popups from ays-pro. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 33% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Popup Box – Create Countdown, Coupon, Video, Contact Form Popups plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the deactivate_plugin_option() function in all versions up to, and including, 4.9.7. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the 'ays_pb_upgrade_plugin' option with arbitrary data.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| ays-pro | Popup Box – Create Countdown, Coupon, Video, Contact Form Popups | 0 – through 4.9.7 |
Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c3717e03-9a18-48a1-97d3-1d41c7f93261?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ays-popup-box/tags/4.9.2/admin/class-ays-pb-admin.php#L609
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3188357/ays-popup-box/tags/4.9.8/admin/class-ays-pb-admin.php?old=3186262&old_path=ays-popup-box%2Ftags%2F4.9.7%2Fadmin%2Fclass-ays-pb-admin.php