High

Popup Maker – Boost Sales, Conversions, Optins, Subscribers with the Ultimate WP Popup Builder <= 1.22.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Editor+) Arbitrary Plugin Installation

  • Disclosed: 08.07.2026
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:23

The Popup Maker – Boost Sales, Conversions, Optins, Subscribers with the Ultimate WP Popup Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.22.0. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with editor-level access and above, to install and activate an arbitrary plugin from an attacker-controlled URL, leading to remote code execution. Exploitation requires that a valid Popup Maker Pro license is active on the target site and that Popup Maker Pro is not yet installed, as these conditions are necessary for the legacy v1/connect/info endpoint to issue the bearer token used to satisfy the install endpoint's only non-spoofable validation check.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
WordPress plugin Popup Maker – Boost Sales, Conversions, Optins, Subscribers with the Ultimate WP Popup Builder <= 1.22.0 1.23.0

References

CVSS score 7.2/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-862
Platform
WordPress
Package
Popup Maker – Boost Sales, Conversions, Optins, Subscribers with the Ultimate WP Popup Builder
Disclosed
08.07.2026
Updated
11.10.2026 10:23

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Vulnerability history: Popup Maker – Boost Sales, Conversions, Optins, Subscribers with the Ultimate WP Popup Builder

All published vulnerabilities of this package (WordPress plugin), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (22) in the archive
Total entries
22
First → latest
07.2017 09.2026
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • High 5
  • Medium 17

Disclosures per year

  1. 2017: 1
  2. 2018: 0
  3. 2019: 2
  4. 2020: 0
  5. 2021: 0
  6. 2022: 4
  7. 2023: 3
  8. 2024: 5
  9. 2025: 3
  10. 2026: 4
Severity:
  1. Popup Maker – Boost Sales, Conversions, Optins, Subscribers with the Ultimate WP Popup Builder <= 1.22.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Editor+) Arbitrary Plugin Installation this entry
    High · 7.2 CVE-2026-8848 <= 1.22.0 1.23.0
  2. High · 7.5 CVE-2019-17574 <= 1.8.12 1.8.13
  3. High · 8.8 3fda31fa-efc9-44b9-99ba-9e3e23aa2ee0 < 1.8.3 1.8.3

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