Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 2.8.1
- Affected Version
<= 2.8.0- CVSS
- 5.3Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
- CVE
CVE-2024-32601
At a glance
CVE-2024-32601 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Popup Maker and Popup Anything WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 2.8.0. It carries a CVSS score of 5.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 2.8.1; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed April 2024, reported by Steven Julian.
Vulnerability Overview
The Popup Anything – Popup for opt-ins and Lead Generation Conversions plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the popupaoc_render_popup_preview() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to view popup previews.
Technical Analysis
The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user.
CWE-862: Missing Authorization
Popup Maker and Popup Anything <= 2.8.0 carries this weakness at popupaoc_render_popup_preview(), and reaching it takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. A missing authorization check means a function is reachable by anyone who can reach the endpoint, because the code never asks whether the caller is allowed to perform the action.
Any user who can reach the endpoint gets to run an action reserved for higher-privileged roles, from reading protected data to changing settings or content. For Popup Maker and Popup Anything the fix is 2.8.1: builds <= 2.8.0 are affected, anything from 2.8.1 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 2.8.1, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
Because it turns on account access, WordSec's login security is the relevant layer: role-based two-factor, captcha and brute-force limits raise the cost of getting the account this needs. None of that substitutes for the fix: Popup Maker and Popup Anything 2.8.1 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
- Login Security
- Alerts
External References
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Same weakness class
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