Popup Builder <= 4.0.6 - Authenticated SQL Injection via order & orderby Parameters

7.2
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
CVE CVE-2022-0228
CVSS 7.2 (High)
Publicly Published January 24, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Tony Wu

Description

The Popup Builder WordPress plugin before 4.0.7 does not validate and properly escape the orderby and order parameters before using them in a SQL statement in the admin dashboard, which could allow high privilege users to perform SQL injection

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Vulnerability Details for Popup Builder – Create highly converting, mobile friendly marketing popups.

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug popup-builder (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 4.0.7, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • < 4.0.7
Patched Version
  • 4.0.7

Recent vulnerabilities in Popup Builder – Create highly converting, mobile friendly marketing popups.

# Title CVE ID CVSS Researchers Date
1 Popup Builder - Create highly converting, mobile friendly marketing popups. <= 4.4.2 - Improper Authorization to Unauthenticated Subscriber Removal via Predictable Tokens CVE-2025-13079 5.3 Rafshanzani Suhada February 18, 2026
2 Popup Builder – Create highly converting, mobile friendly marketing popups. <= 4.4.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVE-2025-9856 6.4 Naoya Takahashi (nakko) December 12, 2025
3 Popup Builder <= 4.3.4 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVE-2024-9428 4.4 Dmitrii Ignatyev November 21, 2024
4 Popup Builder <= 4.3.6 - Sensitive Information Exposure via Imported Subscribers CSV File CVE-2024-2541 5.3 Tim Coen August 28, 2024
5 Popup Builder <= 4.3.0 - Missing Authorization in Multiple AJAX Actions CVE-2024-2544 7.4 Alex Thomas June 14, 2024
6 Popup Builder – Create highly converting, mobile friendly marketing popups <= 4.3.1 - Missing Authorization and Nonce Exposure CVE-2023-6696 8.1 Lucio Sá June 14, 2024
7 Popup Builder <= 4.2.7 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Custom JS CVE-2024-2506 6.4 Tim Coen May 31, 2024
8 Popup Builder <= 4.2.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode CVE-2024-30184 6.4 LVT-tholv2k March 25, 2024
9 Popup Builder <= 4.2.5 - Authenticated (Admin+) Server-Side Request Forgery CVE-2023-6294 5.5 Sebastian Neef January 17, 2024
10 Popup Builder <= 4.2.2 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVE-2023-6000 6.1 Marc-Alexandre Montpas December 11, 2023

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