PLUGIN SECURITY
Known vulnerabilities, PHP compatibility and safer alternatives for the Popup Builder WordPress plugin — checked against WP Clinic's local security database.
popup-builder22 known CVEs on file for Popup Builder.
| CVE | Vulnerability | Type | Severity | Affected | Fixed in | Published | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2019-25744 | Popup Builder – Create highly converting, mobile friendly marketing popups. [popup-builder] <= 3.49 (unfixed) | — | Medium 5.4 | < 3.49 | 3.49 | 2026-06-04 | — |
| CVE-2025-13079 | Popup Builder – Create highly converting, mobile friendly marketing popups. [popup-builder] < 4.4.3 | Use of Predictable Algorithm in Random Number Generator | Medium 5.3 | < 4.4.3 | 4.4.3 | 2026-02-18 | — |
| CVE-2024-9428 | Popup Builder – Create highly converting, mobile friendly marketing popups. [popup-builder] < 4.3.5 | Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') | Medium 4.8 | < 4.3.5 | 4.3.5 | 2024-11-21 | — |
| CVE-2024-2541 | Popup Builder – Create highly converting, mobile friendly marketing popups. [popup-builder] < 4.3.7 | Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor | High 7.5 | < 4.3.7 | 4.3.7 | 2024-08-28 | — |
| CVE-2024-2544 | Popup Builder – Create highly converting, mobile friendly marketing popups. [popup-builder] < 4.3.2 | Missing Authorization | Medium 6.4 | < 4.3.2 | 4.3.2 | 2024-06-14 | — |
| CVE-2023-6696 | Popup Builder – Create highly converting, mobile friendly marketing popups. [popup-builder] < 4.3.2 | Missing Authorization | High 8.1 | < 4.3.2 | 4.3.2 | 2024-06-14 | — |
| CVE-2024-2506 | Popup Builder – Create highly converting, mobile friendly marketing popups. [popup-builder] < 4.3.0 | Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') | Medium 6.4 | < 4.3.0 | 4.3.0 | 2024-05-31 | — |
| CVE-2024-30184 | Popup Builder – Create highly converting, mobile friendly marketing popups. [popup-builder] < 4.2.7 | Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') | Medium 6.5 | < 4.2.7 | 4.2.7 | 2024-03-25 | — |
WordPress Popup Builder 3.49 contains a persistent cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers to inject malicious scripts by breaking out of option tags in the post_title parameter. Attackers can submit crafted POST requests to the post.php endpoint with script payloads in the post_title field that execute when pages or posts display popup selections.
Source: CVE.org
The Popup Builder – Create highly converting, mobile friendly marketing popups. plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 4.4.2. This is due to the plugin generating predictable unsubscribe tokens using deterministic data. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to unsubscribe arbitrary subscribers from mailing lists via brute-forcing the unsubscribe token, granted they know the victim's email address
Source: CVE.org
The Popup Builder – Create highly converting, mobile friendly marketing popups. plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in all versions up to, and including, 4.3.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.
Source: Wordfence
The Popup Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 4.3.3 via the Subscribers Import feature. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data after an administrator has imported subscribers via a CSV file. This data may include the first name, last name, e-mail address, and potentially other personally identifiable information of subscribers.
Source: CVE.org
The Popup Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data and loss of data due to a missing capability check on all AJAX actions. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to perform multiple unauthorized actions, such as deleting subscribers, and importing subscribers to conduct stored cross-site scripting attacks.
Source: CVE.org
The Popup Builder – Create highly converting, mobile friendly marketing popups. plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of functionality due to a missing capability check on several functions in all versions up to, and including, 4.3.1. While some functions contain a nonce check, the nonce can be obtained from the profile page of a logged-in user. This allows subscribers to perform several actions including deleting subscribers and perform blind Server-Side Request Forgery.
Source: CVE.org
The Popup Builder – Create highly converting, mobile friendly marketing popups. plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the custom JS functionality in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Source: CVE.org
Update the WordPress Popup Builder plugin to the latest available version (at least 4.2.7). LVT-tholv2k discovered and reported this Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress Popup Builder Plugin. This could allow a malicious actor to inject malicious scripts, such as redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into your website which will be executed when guests visit your site. This vulnerability has been fixed in version 4.2.7. This vulnerability was reported to and published by Patchstack. Our users receive alerts and protections up to 48 hours in advance. Have additional information or questions about this entry? Get in touch.
Source: Patchstack
| CVE | Vulnerability | Type | Severity | Affected | Fixed in | Published | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2023-6294 | Popup Builder – Create highly converting, mobile friendly marketing popups. [popup-builder] < 4.2.6 | Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') | High 7.2 | < 4.2.6 | 4.2.6 | 2024-01-17 | — |
| CVE-2023-6000 | Popup Builder – Create highly converting, mobile friendly marketing popups. [popup-builder] < 4.2.3 | Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') | Medium 6.1 | < 4.2.3 | 4.2.3 | 2023-12-11 | — |
| CVE-2023-3226 | Popup Builder – Create highly converting, mobile friendly marketing popups. [popup-builder] < 4.2.2 | Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') | Medium 4.8 | < 4.2.2 | 4.2.2 | 2023-08-28 | — |
| CVE-2022-29495 | Popup Builder – Create highly converting, mobile friendly marketing popups. [popup-builder] < 4.1.12 | Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) | Medium 5.4 | < 4.1.12 | 4.1.12 | 2022-06-30 | — |
| CVE-2022-1894 | Popup Builder – Create highly converting, mobile friendly marketing popups. [popup-builder] < 4.1.11 | Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') | Medium 4.8 | < 4.1.11 | 4.1.11 | 2022-06-20 | — |
| CVE-2022-32289 | Popup Builder – Create highly converting, mobile friendly marketing popups. [popup-builder] < 4.1.11 | Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) | Medium 5.4 | < 4.1.11 | 4.1.11 | 2022-06-17 | — |
| CVE-2022-0479 | Popup Builder – Create highly converting, mobile friendly marketing popups. [popup-builder] < 4.1.1 | Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') | Critical 9.8 | < 4.1.1 | 4.1.1 | 2022-03-07 | — |
| CVE-2022-0228 | Popup Builder – Create highly converting, mobile friendly marketing popups. [popup-builder] < 4.1.1 | Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') | High 7.2 | < 4.1.1 | 4.1.1 | 2022-01-24 | — |
| CVE-2021-25082 | Popup Builder – Create highly converting, mobile friendly marketing popups. [popup-builder] < 4.1.1 | Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') | High 8.8 | < 4.1.1 | 4.1.1 | 2022-01-24 | — |
| CVE-2021-24152 | Popup Builder – Create highly converting, mobile friendly marketing popups. [popup-builder] < 3.74 | Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') | Medium 6.1 | < 3.74 | 3.74 | 2021-02-02 | — |
| — | Popup Builder – Create highly converting, mobile friendly marketing popups. [popup-builder] < 3.72 | — | Unknown | < 3.72 | 3.72 | 2021-01-28 | — |
| — | Popup Builder – Create highly converting, mobile friendly marketing popups. [popup-builder] < 3.72 | — | Unknown | < 3.72 | 3.72 | 2021-01-28 | — |
| — | Popup Builder – Create highly converting, mobile friendly marketing popups. [popup-builder] < 3.72 | — | Unknown | < 3.72 | 3.72 | 2021-01-28 | — |
| — | Popup Builder – Create highly converting, mobile friendly marketing popups. [popup-builder] < 3.72 | — | Unknown | < 3.72 | 3.72 | 2021-01-28 | — |
| — | Popup Builder – Create highly converting, mobile friendly marketing popups. [popup-builder] < 3.69.7 | — | Unknown | < 3.69.7 | 3.69.7 | 2020-12-14 | — |
| CVE-2020-10195 | Popup Builder – Create highly converting, mobile friendly marketing popups. [popup-builder] < 3.64.1 | Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor | Medium 6.3 | < 3.64.1 | 3.64.1 | 2020-03-12 | — |
| CVE-2020-10196 | Popup Builder – Create highly converting, mobile friendly marketing popups. [popup-builder] < 3.64.1 | Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') | Medium 6.1 | < 3.64.1 | 3.64.1 | 2020-03-12 | — |
| CVE-2020-9006 | Popup Builder – Create highly converting, mobile friendly marketing popups. [popup-builder] < 3.0.2 | Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') | Critical 9.8 | < 3.0.2 | 3.0.2 | 2020-02-16 | — |
| CVE-2019-14695 | Popup Builder – Create highly converting, mobile friendly marketing popups. [popup-builder] < 3.45 | Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') | Critical 9.8 | < 3.45 | 3.45 | 2019-08-06 | — |
| — | Popup Builder – Create highly converting, mobile friendly marketing popups. [popup-builder] < 3.45 | — | Unknown | < 3.45 | 3.45 | 2019-08-06 | — |
| — | Popup Builder – Create highly converting, mobile friendly marketing popups. [popup-builder] < 4.4.2 | — | Medium 6.4 | < 4.4.2 | 4.4.2 | 0000-00-00 | — |
Update the WordPress Popup Builder plugin to the latest available version (at least 4.2.6). Sebastian Neef discovered and reported this Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in WordPress Popup Builder Plugin. This could allow a malicious actor to cause a website to execute website requests to an arbitrary domain of the attacker. This could allow a malicious actor to find sensitive information of other services running on the system. This vulnerability has been fixed in version 4.2.6. Have additional information or questions about this entry? Get in touch.
Source: Patchstack
Update the WordPress Popup Builder plugin to the latest available version (at least 4.2.3). Marc Montpas discovered and reported this Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress Popup Builder Plugin. This could allow a malicious actor to inject malicious scripts, such as redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into your website which will be executed when guests visit your site. This vulnerability has been fixed in version 4.2.3.
Source: Patchstack
The Popup Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in versions up to, and including, 4.2.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.
Source: Wordfence
The "Popup Builder – Create highly converting, mobile friendly marketing popups." plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 4.1.11. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the saveSettings() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify the plugin's settings via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Source: Wordfence
The Popup Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 4.1.10 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with administrative level permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html is disabled.
Source: Wordfence
The Popup Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 4.1.0. This is due to missing nonce validation on thechangePopupStatus() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change a popup's status via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Source: Wordfence
The Popup Builder WordPress plugin before 4.1.1 does not sanitise and escape the sgpb-subscription-popup-id parameter before using it in a SQL statement in the All Subscribers admin dashboard, leading to a SQL injection, which could also be used to perform Reflected Cross-Site Scripting attack against a logged in admin opening a malicious link
Source: CVE.org
The Popup Builder WordPress plugin before 4.0.7 does not validate and properly escape the orderby and order parameters before using them in a SQL statement in the admin dashboard, which could allow high privilege users to perform SQL injection
Source: CVE.org
The Popup Builder WordPress plugin before 4.0.7 does not validate and sanitise the sgpb_type parameter before using it in a require statement, leading to a Local File Inclusion issue. Furthermore, since the beginning of the string can be controlled, the issue can lead to RCE vulnerability via wrappers such as PHAR
Source: CVE.org
The "All Subscribers" setting page of Popup Builder was vulnerable to reflected Cross-Site Scripting.
Source: CVE.org
Authenticated Local File Inclusion (LFI) vulnerability found by Dave Jong (WebARX Security) in WordPress Popup Builder plugin (versions <= 3.71).
Source: Patchstack
Authenticated Deleting/Importing Subscribers vulnerability found by Dave Jong (WebARX Security) in WordPress Popup Builder plugin (versions <= 3.71).
Source: Patchstack
Authenticated Newsletter Send With Custom Content And Sender vulnerability found by Dave Jong (WebARX Security) in WordPress Popup Builder plugin (versions <= 3.71).
Source: Patchstack
The Popup Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in versions up to, and including 3.71 due to missing capability checks on various actions called via AJAX. This makes it possible for attackers to import subscribers and send newsletters among other actions.
Source: Wordfence
Multiple Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities were found by Ilca Lucian Florin in the WordPress Popup Builder plugin (versions <= 3.69.6).
Source: Patchstack
The popup-builder plugin before 3.64.1 for WordPress allows information disclosure and settings modification, leading to in-scope privilege escalation via admin-post actions to com/classes/Actions.php. By sending a POST request to wp-admin/admin-post.php, an authenticated attacker with minimal (subscriber-level) permissions can modify the plugin's settings to allow arbitrary roles (including subscribers) access to plugin functionality by setting the action parameter to sgpbSaveSettings, export a list of current newsletter subscribers by setting the action parameter to csv_file, or obtain system configuration information including webserver configuration and a list of installed plugins by setting the action parameter to sgpb_system_info.
Source: CVE.org
An XSS vulnerability in the popup-builder plugin before 3.64.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript into existing popups via an unsecured ajax action in com/classes/Ajax.php. It is possible for an unauthenticated attacker to insert malicious JavaScript in several of the popup's fields by sending a request to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php with the POST action parameter of sgpb_autosave and including additional data in an allPopupData parameter, including the popup's ID (which is visible in the source of the page in which the popup is inserted) and arbitrary JavaScript which will then be executed in the browsers of visitors to that page. Because the plugin functionality automatically adds script tags to data entered into these fields, this injection will typically bypass most WAF applications.
Source: CVE.org
The Popup Builder plugin 2.2.8 through 2.6.7.6 for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL injection via PHP Deserialization on attacker-controlled data with the attachmentUrl POST variable. This allows creation of an arbitrary WordPress Administrator account, leading to possible Remote Code Execution because Administrators can run PHP code on WordPress instances. This issue has been fixed in the 3.x branch of popup-builder. Versions 2.2.8 through 2.5.3 do not need a nonce, however 2.5.4 through 2.6.7.6 would need a valid nonce.
Source: WPScan
A SQL injection vulnerability exists in the Sygnoos Popup Builder plugin before 3.45 for WordPress. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL commands on the affected system via com/libs/Table.php because Subscribers Table ordering is mishandled.
Source: CVE.org
SQL Injection (SQLi) vulnerability found by Tin Duong (Fortinet FortiGuard Labs) in WordPress Popup Builder plugin (versions <= 3.44).
Source: Patchstack
The Popup Builder – Create highly converting, mobile friendly marketing popups. plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'sg_popup' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 4.4.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Source: CVE.org
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