CVE-2023-6000 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Popup Builder WordPress plugin before 4.2.3 does not prevent simple visitors from updating existing popups, and injecting raw JavaScript in them, which could lead to Stored XSS attacks.

Published: 2024-01-01

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: 69.1% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

Popup Builder

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 4.2.3

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:sygnoos:popup_builder:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.69124.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/blog/stored-xss-fixed-in-popup-builder-4-2-3/
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/cdb3a8bd-4ee0-4ce0-9029-0490273bcfc8

History

Wed, 18 Jun 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Sygnoos Popup Builder

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2024-01-01T14:18:56.633Z

Updated: 2025-06-18T14:55:45.937Z

Reserved: 2023-11-07T20:31:29.006Z

Link: CVE-2023-6000

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T08:14:25.138Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-01T15:15:43.100

Modified: 2025-06-18T15:15:24.327

Link: CVE-2023-6000

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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