Modal Popup Box – Popup Builder, Show Offers And News in Popup <= 1.5.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) PHP Object Injection in awl_modal_popup_box_shortcode

8.8
Deserialization of Untrusted Data
CVE CVE-2024-2008
CVSS 8.8 (High)
Publicly Published April 3, 2024
Last Updated April 4, 2024
Researcher Francesco Carlucci

Description

The Modal Popup Box – Popup Builder, Show Offers And News in Popup plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.2 via deserialization of untrusted input in the awl_modal_popup_box_shortcode function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject a PHP Object. If a POP chain is present via an additional plugin or theme installed on the target system, it could allow the attacker to delete arbitrary files, retrieve sensitive data, or execute code.

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Vulnerability Details for Modal Popup Box – Popup Builder, Show Offers And News in Popup

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug modal-popup-box (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.5.3, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.5.2
Patched Version
  • 1.5.3

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