CVE-2024-5561 Popup Maker < 1.19.1 - Admin+ Stored XSS
Admin users can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized settings in Popup Maker, enabling stored XSS attacks in multisite environments.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-5561?
CVE-2024-5561 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Popup Maker, published on 9 Sep 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Popup Maker WordPress plugin before 1.19.1 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5561?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Code-Atlantic Popup Maker.
How do I fix CVE-2024-5561?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5561 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-2024-5561 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-5561 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Popup Maker
- CVE-2019-17574 Missing authorization in n/a
- CVE-2025-24746 WordPress Popup Maker plugin <= 1.20.2 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
- CVE-2024-7054 Popup Maker <= 1.19.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- CVE-2024-2336 Popup Maker – Popup for opt-ins, lead gen, & more <= 1.18.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- CVE-2017-2284 Cross-site scripting in Popup Maker
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8g86-p27w-cfrf.