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CVE-2026-1165

MEDIUM

4.3

Description

The Popup Box plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 6.1.1. This is due to a flawed nonce implementation in the 'publish_unpublish_popupbox' function that verifies a self-created nonce rather than one submitted in the request. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change the publish status of popups via a forged request, granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking a link.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score4.3

SeverityMEDIUM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionREQUIRED

Published1/31/2026

Last Modified2/3/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-352

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ays-popup-box/tags/6.1.0/admin/partials/ays-pb-admin-display.php#L22(security@wordfence.com)

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ays-popup-box/tags/6.1.0/includes/lists/class-ays-pb-list-table.php#L701(security@wordfence.com)

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3439514@ays-popup-box/tags/6.1.1/&new=3444612@ays-popup-box/tags/6.1.2/(security@wordfence.com)

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/585a9eb4-f394-4cb2-9050-659171a994d9?source=cve(security@wordfence.com)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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