What is CVE-2023-6591?

CVE-2023-6591 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ays-pro Popup_box, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2024-02-12.

How severe is CVE-2023-6591?

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

Is CVE-2023-6591 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Ays-pro Popup_box

CVE-2023-6591

The Popup Box WordPress plugin before 20.9.0 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.005 (37.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Ays-pro Popup_box
Unknown Popup Box — versions 20.8.7

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-6591?: CVE-2023-6591 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ays-pro Popup_box, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2024-02-12.
How severe is CVE-2023-6591?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-6591 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.