CVE-2023-5343: popup box vulnerability

The Popup box WordPress plugin before 3.7.9 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.
CVE-2023-5343CVSS 4.8CMS

CVE-2023-5343: popup box vulnerability

The Popup box WordPress plugin before 3.7.9 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.

CVSS
4.8 MEDIUM
EPSS
36.82%
Known exploited
not in KEV
Product
popup box

What is known

The Popup box WordPress plugin before 3.7.9 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.

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