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Vulnerability · CVE-2024-9599

The Popup Box WordPress plugin before 4.7.8 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scr

Published May 15, 2025 · catalog updated May 16, 2025 · Unknown Popup box

Check this week

CVE-2024-9599 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 35.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Unknown Popup box.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium5.4
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
35.00%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor Unknown Popup box 0 <4.7.8

The Popup Box WordPress plugin before 4.7.8 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor Unknown Popup box 0 <4.7.80 <4.7.8

How to fix CVE-2024-9599

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2024-9599 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 35.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Unknown Popup box.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Unknown Popup box 0 <4.7.8 0 <4.7.8. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 35.00%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. May 15, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    The Popup Box WordPress plugin before 4.7.8 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

  2. May 16, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    The Popup Box WordPress plugin before 4.7.8 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2024-9599

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-15237

    The Popup Box WordPress plugin before 4.7.8 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setu

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.