CVE-2019-17574

Public Exploit

Description

An issue was discovered in the Popup Maker plugin before 1.8.13 for WordPress. An unauthenticated attacker can partially control the arguments of the do_action function to invoke certain popmake_ or pum_ methods, as demonstrated by controlling content and delivery of popmake-system-info.txt (aka the "support debug text file").

Category

9.1
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 74.24% Top 5%
Third-Party Advisory redyops.com Third-Party Advisory wpvulndb.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://blog.redyops.com/wordpress-plugin-popup-maker/ third party advisory exploit
https://github.com/PopupMaker/Popup-Maker/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md release notes
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9907 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-17574?
CVE-2019-17574 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-17574?
To fix CVE-2019-17574, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2019-17574 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2019-17574 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~74% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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