# CVE-2022-3690: Popup Maker < 1.16.11 - Contributor+ Stored Cross Site Scripting

> Contributors can inject malicious scripts via Popup options, potentially compromising admin accounts in Popup Maker.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/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:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 21 Nov 2022
- **Updated:** 29 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-grjj-rwj8-4mx3

## What is CVE-2022-3690?

CVE-2022-3690 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Popup Maker, published on 21 Nov 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Popup Maker WordPress plugin before 1.16.11 does not sanitise and escape some of its Popup options, which could allow users with a role as low as Contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks, which could be used against admins

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-3690?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Code-Atlantic Popup Maker.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-3690?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-3690 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-3690 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-3690 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Popup Maker

- [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-2022-3690 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-3690 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Popup Maker, published on 21 Nov 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-3690 exists.

Affected product: Unknown Popup Maker. 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-2022-3690/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3690/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3690
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3690
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-3690

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3690/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.