What is CVE-2022-3690?

CVE-2022-3690 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Code-Atlantic Popup Maker, classified under CWE-79 CROSS-SITE SCRIPTING (XSS). CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-11-21.

How severe is CVE-2022-3690?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-3690 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Code-Atlantic Popup Maker

CVE-2022-3690

The Popup Maker WordPress plugin before 1.16.11 does not sanitise and escape some of its Popup options, which could allow users with a role as low as Contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks, which could be used against admins

Published 2022-11-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (49.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 50th percentile — 49.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.007 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Code-Atlantic Popup Maker
Popup Maker — versions 0

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/725f6ae4-7ec5-4d7c-9533-c9b61b59cc2b (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-3690?: CVE-2022-3690 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Code-Atlantic Popup Maker, classified under CWE-79 CROSS-SITE SCRIPTING (XSS). CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-11-21.
How severe is CVE-2022-3690?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-3690 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.