CVE-2024-9061 is a critical arbitrary shortcode execution vulnerability affecting the WP Popup Builder – Popup Forms and Marketing Lead Generation plugin for WordPress, specifically versions up to and including 1.3.5. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes due to improper validation in the wp_ajax_nopriv_shortcode_Api_Add AJAX action. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) and an EPSS score indicating high exploitability, the vulnerability poses a significant risk of full compromise (confidentiality, integrity, and availability). While not listed in KEV, Nuclei templates exist for exploitation, and there is some community discussion, though no active exploitation or Metasploit/ExploitDB entries are noted.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.3.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:themehunk:wp_popup_builder:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.