Medium severity · published Jan 31, 2026
CVE-2026-1165
Popup Box <= 6.1.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Popup Status Change
4.3
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Popup Box plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 6.1.1. This is due to a flawed nonce implementation in the 'publish_unpublish_popupbox' function that verifies a self-created nonce rather than one submitted in the request. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change the publish status of popups via a forged request, granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking a link.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 8% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PB
Popup Box – Create Countdown, Coupon, Video, Contact Form Popups · ays-pro
through 6.1.1 · source: vendor
Affected product
PB
Popup Box – Create Countdown, Coupon, Video, Contact Form Popups
ays-pro
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-1165
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-1165
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ays-popup-box/tags/6.1.0/admin/partials/ays-pb-admin-display.php#L22
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ays-popup-box/tags/6.1.0/includes/lists/class-ays-pb-list-table.php#L701
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3439514@ays-popup-box/tags/6.1.1/&new=3444612@ays-popup-box/tags/6.1.2/
www.wordfence.com
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/585a9eb4-f394-4cb2-9050-659171a994d9?source=cve
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