CVE-2022-38070 WordPress Pop-up plugin <= 1.1.5 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability
Medium 5.4
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-38070 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2022-38070 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pop-ups Pop-up (WordPress plugin), published on 9 Sep 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-38070 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Pop-ups Pop-up (WordPress plugin). 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-2022-38070/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38070/index.md)
Attackers with subscriber access can escalate privileges in the Pop-up WordPress plugin, requiring an upgrade to secure the site.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-38070?
CVE-2022-38070 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pop-ups Pop-up (WordPress plugin), published on 9 Sep 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Privilege Escalation (subscriber+) vulnerability in Pop-up plugin <= 1.1.5 at WordPress.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-38070?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mypopups Pop-Up.
How do I fix CVE-2022-38070?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-38070 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2022-38070 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-38070 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h8mj-33h3-x93p.