WordPress plugin
Popup | Custom Popup Builder <= 1.3 — Denial of Service
CVE-2022-0214Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: <1.3.1Update to 1.3.1 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High7.5
- CVSS
- 7.5CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:NIntegrity- None
A:HAvailability- High
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Popup | Custom Popup Builder m-wp-popup
- Affected< 1.3.1
- Patched in1.3.1
Update to 1.3.1 or newer.
You are affected if you run < 1.3.1. Version 1.3.1 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Popup | Custom Popup Builder.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 1.3.1, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Popup | Custom Popup Builder to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Felipe de Avila.
The Popup | Custom Popup Builder WordPress plugin before 1.3.1 autoload data from its popup on every pages, as such data can be sent by unauthenticated user, and is not validated in length, this could cause a denial of service on the blog
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in Popup | Custom Popup Builder
All 2| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium6.4 | Missing Capabilities Check ≤1.3.1No patch available | CVE-2022-28612 |
- Medium6.4Missing Capabilities Check
≤1.3.1No patch available
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 7.5
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
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