Email Subscription Popup < 1.2.20 - Reflected XSS
Priority MEDIUM 60CWE-79Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The Email Subscription Popup WordPress plugin before 1.2.20 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00442 38th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix Fixed Email Subscription Popup (Unknown): 1.2.20
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Email Subscription Popup | before 1.2.20 | 1.2.20 | Patch available | CNA |
- Email Subscription Popup VendorUnknown Affected before 1.2.20 Fixed in 1.2.20 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Email Subscription Popup (Unknown) Fixed in 1.2.20
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-6555
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fwrh-jr8g-7mf2
References
More nik00726 Email Subscription Popup vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-18563 WordPress Email Subscription Popup plugin <= 1.2.20 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
- TI-2023-14325 WordPress Email Subscription Popup Plugin <= 1.2.16 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
- TI-2024-10369 Cross-site scripting in nik00726 Email Subscription Popup CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
- TI-2023-05982 Email Subscription Popup <= 1.2.18 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
Sources
- CVE-2023-6555 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-6555 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-fwrh-jr8g-7mf2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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