CM Pop-Up Banners for WordPress < 1.7.3 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Priority MEDIUM 55CWE-79Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- 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 CM Pop-Up Banners for WordPress plugin before 1.7.3 does not sanitise and escape some of its popup fields, which could allow high privilege users such as Contributors to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0033 26th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix Fixed CM Pop-Up Banners for WordPress (Unknown): 1.7.3
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 | CM Pop-Up Banners for WordPress | before 1.7.3 | 1.7.3 | Patch available | CNA |
- CM Pop-Up Banners for WordPress VendorUnknown Affected before 1.7.3 Fixed in 1.7.3 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:cminds:cm_popup:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | before 1.7.3 | Vulnerable | CreativeMindsSolutions |
- cpe:2.3:a:cminds:cm_popup:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 1.7.3 Vulnerable ·CreativeMindsSolutions
Remediation
- Fix · CNA CM Pop-Up Banners for WordPress (Unknown) Fixed in 1.7.3
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-5799
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wpxq-m249-cq6r
References
More CreativeMindsSolutions Cm Popup vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-04647 CM Popup Plugin for WordPress < 1.6.6 - Contributor+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2023-14564 WordPress CM Pop-Up banners Plugin <= 1.5.10 is vulnerable to SQL Injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.5
Sources
- CVE-2024-5799 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-5799 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wpxq-m249-cq6r · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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