# CVE-2023-0772: Popup Builder by OptinMonster < 2.12.2 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Post Content Disclosure

> Authenticated subscribers can retrieve content from arbitrary posts, including drafts and private posts, due to missing authorization checks in the Popup Builder plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Mar 2023
- **Updated:** 27 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-w5vw-x33c-r8g6

## What is CVE-2023-0772?

CVE-2023-0772 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Popup Builder by OptinMonster, published on 13 Mar 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Popup Builder by OptinMonster WordPress plugin before 2.12.2 does not ensure that the campaign to be loaded via some shortcodes is actually a campaign, allowing any authenticated users such as subscriber to retrieve the content of arbitrary posts, like draft, private or even password protected ones.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-0772?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Optinmonster Optinmonster.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-0772?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-0772 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-0772 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-0772 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Popup Builder by OptinMonster

- [CVE-2021-39341](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-39341/): OptinMonster <= 2.6.4 Unprotected REST-API Endpoints (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2024-4045](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4045/): Cross-site scripting in Popup Builder & Popup Maker for WordPress – OptinMonster Email Marketing and Lead Generation (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2021-39325](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-39325/): OptinMonster <= 2.6.0 Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2016-10996](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-10996/): Missing authorization in n/a (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-0772 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-0772 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Popup Builder by OptinMonster, published on 13 Mar 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-0772 exists.

Affected product: Unknown Popup Builder by OptinMonster. 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-2023-0772/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0772/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0772
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0772
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-0772

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0772/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.