CVE-2024-4045 Cross-site scripting in Popup Builder & Popup Maker for WordPress – OptinMonster Email Marketing and Lead Generation

Medium 6.4 Published Updated

Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via the campaign_id parameter, leading to stored XSS execution on victim pages.

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-2024-4045?

CVE-2024-4045 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in smub Popup Builder & Popup Maker for WordPress – OptinMonster Email Marketing and Lead Generation, published on 25 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Popup Builder by OptinMonster – WordPress Popups for Optins, Email Newsletters and Lead Generation plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘campaign_id’ parameter in versions up to, and including, 2.16.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-4045?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Optinmonster Optinmonster.

How do I fix CVE-2024-4045?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-4045 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2024-4045 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-4045 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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