# CVE-2022-1104: Popup Maker < 1.16.5 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

> Admin users can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized popup settings, leading to stored XSS attacks in the WordPress admin interface.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 May 2022
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3rvm-p49f-2hqp

## What is CVE-2022-1104?

CVE-2022-1104 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Popup Maker – Popup for opt-ins, lead gen, & more, published on 9 May 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The Popup Maker WordPress plugin before 1.16.5 does not sanitise and escape some of its Popup settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-1104?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Code-Atlantic Popup Maker.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-1104?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-1104 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-1104 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1104 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- WordPress Plugin Popup Maker 1.16.5 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting (Authenticated) (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Popup Maker – Popup for opt-ins, lead gen, & more

- [CVE-2019-17574](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-17574/): Missing authorization in n/a (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2025-24746](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-24746/): WordPress Popup Maker plugin <= 1.20.2 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-7054](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7054/): Popup Maker <= 1.19.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2024-2336](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2336/): Popup Maker – Popup for opt-ins, lead gen, & more <= 1.18.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2017-2284](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-2284/): Cross-site scripting in Popup Maker (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-1104 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-1104 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Popup Maker – Popup for opt-ins, lead gen, & more, published on 9 May 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1104 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown Popup Maker – Popup for opt-ins, lead gen, & more. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1104/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1104/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1104
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1104
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-1104

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1104/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.