# CVE-2022-2115: Popup Anything < 2.1.7 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

> Attackers can inject malicious scripts into frontend pages via unsanitized parameters in the Popup Anything WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 25 Jul 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mch4-6f94-27mh

## What is CVE-2022-2115?

CVE-2022-2115 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Popup Anything – A Marketing Popup and Lead Generation Conversions, published on 25 Jul 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The Popup Anything WordPress plugin before 2.1.7 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in a frontend page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-2115?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Essentialplugin Popup Anything.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-2115?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-2115 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-2115 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2115 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Popup Anything – A Marketing Popup and Lead Generation Conversions

- [CVE-2021-24883](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24883/): Popup Anything < 2.0.4 - Contributor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2022-38077](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38077/): WordPress Popup Anything Plugin <= 2.2.1 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-2115 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-2115 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Popup Anything – A Marketing Popup and Lead Generation Conversions, published on 25 Jul 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2115 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown Popup Anything – A Marketing Popup and Lead Generation Conversions. 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-2022-2115/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2115/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2115
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2115
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-2115

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2115/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.