Subscriber-level popup deletion via unchecked AJAX action
Published Sep 26, 2022 · Updated May 21, 2025
Missing authorization in ThemeHunk WP Popup Builder before 1.2.9 allows remote authenticated users to delete arbitrary popups via AJAX. The popup-deletion AJAX action performs the requested deletion without checking the caller's authorization or validating a CSRF token. Subscriber-level access is sufficient, and exploitation removes selected popup content without reported confidentiality or service-availability impact.
Summary
What happened
Missing authorization in ThemeHunk WP Popup Builder before 1.2.9 allows remote authenticated users to delete arbitrary popups via AJAX. The popup-deletion AJAX action performs the requested deletion without checking the caller's authorization or validating a CSRF token. Subscriber-level access is sufficient, and exploitation removes selected popup content without reported confidentiality or service-availability impact.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-2405
- Published
- Sep 26, 2022
- Updated
- May 21, 2025
- Vendor
- ThemeHunk
- Product
- WP Popup Builder
- Classifications
- CWE-862, CWE-352, T1485
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 26, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 21, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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Is a vulnerable build present?
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- Affected versionversion=1.2.9 <1.2.9
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What is affected?
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- WPScan proof of concept for CVE-2022-2405proof of concept · unverified
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