Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-4125

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 19 December 2022

Published
19 December 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0021 42.9th percentile
Risk Priority 9 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-4125 is a medium-severity CSRF (CWE-352) vulnerability in Popup Manager Project Popup Manager. Its CVSS base score is 4.3 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 42.9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

The Popup Manager WordPress plugin through 1.6.6 does not have authorisation and CSRF check when creating/updating popups, and is missing sanitisation as well as escaping, which could allow unauthenticated attackers to create arbitrary popups and add Stored XSS payloads as…

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CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

popup manager project
popup manager
≤ 1.6.6

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-352

Awareness training educates users on avoiding untrusted links and actions that can be exploited via CSRF.

addresses: CWE-352

Requiring user re-entry of credentials for sensitive actions prevents automated forgery of requests without active user participation.

addresses: CWE-352

Security testing regimens explicitly include checks for missing or ineffective anti-CSRF protections in web applications.

addresses: CWE-352

Detects anomalous request patterns consistent with cross-site request forgery.

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