CVE-2023-28661 — The WP Popup Banners WordPress Plugin, version <= 1

The WP Popup Banners WordPress Plugin, version <= 1.2.5, is affected by an authenticated SQL injection vulnerability in the 'value' parameter in the get_popup_data action.

01What is this vulnerability?

The WP Popup Banners WordPress Plugin, version <= 1.2.5, is affected by an authenticated SQL injection vulnerability in the 'value' parameter in the get_popup_data action.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / WP Popup Banners WordPress Plugin	<= 1.2.5

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-03-22T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-02-25T16:01:35.724Z

09References

• www.tenable.com — https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2023-2