Description
The Popup Box plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 6.1.1. This is due to a flawed nonce implementation in the 'publish_unpublish_popupbox' function that verifies a self-created nonce rather than one submitted in the request. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change the publish status of popups via a forged request, granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking a link.
Published: 2026-01-31
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Cross‑Site Request Forgery allows an unauthenticated attacker to change popup publish status
Action: Update Plugin
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History

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 15:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Ays-pro
Ays-pro popup Box
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Ays-pro
Ays-pro popup Box
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress

Mon, 02 Feb 2026 17:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Sat, 31 Jan 2026 14:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Popup Box plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 6.1.1. This is due to a flawed nonce implementation in the 'publish_unpublish_popupbox' function that verifies a self-created nonce rather than one submitted in the request. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change the publish status of popups via a forged request, granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking a link.
Title Popup Box <= 6.1.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Popup Status Change
Weaknesses CWE-352
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}


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Ays-pro Popup Box
Wordpress Wordpress
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T16:54:35.031Z

Reserved: 2026-01-19T01:15:36.466Z

Link: CVE-2026-1165

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-02-02T16:25:10.726Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-01-31T15:15:50.480

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2026-1165

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No data.

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Updated: 2026-04-15T19:00:12Z

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