WordPress Popup Box plugin <= 2.1.2 - Authenticated Local File Inclusion (LFI) vulnerability

published 2022-05-18 4y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2022-33783

cvss: 6.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.1%; EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 64%
public exploits: 0; none known

Authenticated (administrator or higher role) Local File Inclusion (LFI) vulnerability in Wow-Company's Popup Box plugin <= 2.1.2 at WordPress.

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: last yr. (2025-02-20)

Exploit prediction

1.05% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 64% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	6.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	7.2	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

Wow-Company Popup Box (WordPress plugin)

Classification

Weakness

CWE-706 Use of Incorrectly-Resolved Name or Reference

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

wordpress.org /plugins/popup-box/#developers
vendor-advisory
patchstack.com /database/vulnerability/popup-box/wordpress-popup-box-plugin-2-1-2-authenticated-local-file-inclusion-lfi-vuln
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-29445
NVD CVE-2022-29445

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