CVE-2022-2305
WordPress Popup <= 1.9.3.8 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
The WordPress Popup WordPress plugin through 1.9.3.8 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The WordPress Popup WordPress plugin through 1.9.3.8 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
- Record
CVE-2022-2305- CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
WordPress Popup <= 1.9.3.8 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
The WordPress Popup WordPress plugin through 1.9.3.8 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
- Record
CVE-2022-2305- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-34577 No score
The WordPress Popup WordPress plugin through 1.9.3.8 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
- Record
EUVD-2022-34577- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gg4h-m3jp-m2m9
The WordPress Popup WordPress plugin through 1.9.3.8 does not sanitise and escape some of its...
The WordPress Popup WordPress plugin through 1.9.3.8 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
- Record
GHSA-gg4h-m3jp-m2m9- CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-2305 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.8) in Timersys Popups, published August 1, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.62%, the 50th percentile. No source names a fixed version.