Stored cross-site scripting in Themify Popup WordPress plugin
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The Themify Popup plugin for WordPress is affected in all versions up to and including 1.4.7. Insufficient input sanitization and output escaping of the popup_width_unit parameter enables stored cross-site scripting (CWE-79). An authenticated attacker with author-level access or above can inject arbitrary web scripts into pages that execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
The Themify Popup plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'popup_width_unit' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- 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
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for Themify Popup.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Timeline
- 2026-10-18 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-109989
- 2026-10-18 Alias added: GHSA-5jfw-8m7v-h73m
References
Other 5
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/da003985-7fb2-4f5b-bb70-6ec3578ef3e8?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/themify-popup/tags/1.4.7/views/styles.php#L29
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/themify-popup/tags/1.4.7/includes/themify-metabox/includes/themify-metabox-core.php#L209
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/themify-popup/tags/1.4.7/includes/themify-metabox/includes/themify-metabox-core.php#L151
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3749602%40themify-popup&new=3749602%40themify-popup
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- TI-2023-02482 Conditional Menus < 1.2.1 - Reflected XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2023-00346 Themify Portfolio Post < 1.2.2 - Contributor+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2022-04383 Themify Shortcodes < 2.0.8 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2022-04079 Themify Portfolio Post < 1.2.1 - Contributor+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
Sources
- CVE-2026-109989 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-109989 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5jfw-8m7v-h73m · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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