Auth bypass in Code-Atlantic Popup Maker
CVE-2019-17574
An issue was discovered in the Popup Maker plugin before 1.8.13 for WordPress. An unauthenticated attacker can partially control the arguments of the do_action function to invoke certain popmake_ or pum_ methods, as demonstrated by controlling content and delivery of popmake-system-info.txt (aka the "support debug text file").
Vulnerability class: IDOR (Insecure Direct Object Reference)
EPSS: 0.093 (94.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.
Affected products
- Code-atlantic Popup_maker
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes)
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-17574?
- CVE-2019-17574 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Code-Atlantic Popup Maker, classified under Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2019-10-14.
- How severe is CVE-2019-17574?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2019-17574 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.