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CVE-2024-5799: cm popup vulnerability
CVE-2024-5799: medium vulnerability affecting cm popup. Check CVSS, KEV status, business impact and recommended administrator actions.
- CVSS
- 4.8 MEDIUM
- EPSS
- 23.49%
- Known exploited
- not in KEV
- Product
- cm popup
What is known
The CM Pop-Up Banners for WordPress plugin before 1.7.3 does not sanitise and escape some of its popup fields, which could allow high privilege users such as Contributors to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
Business impact
Successful exploitation of CVE-2024-5799, a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.8) affecting cm popup, may affect the confidentiality, integrity or availability of the vulnerable environment. The exact impact depends on the installed version, exposed interfaces and deployment configuration.
Recommended administrator action
Confirm whether cm popup is present and compare installed versions with the vendor advisory and NVD record. Apply the vendor patch or documented mitigation; until remediation is complete, reduce exposure of affected interfaces, review relevant logs and monitor for indicators of exploitation. DataHouse can support version verification, managed patching, network exposure reduction, log review and backup validation for dedicated, cloud and colocated environments.