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Vulnerability record · CVE-2022-38070 · published 9 September 2022

CVE-2022-38070: Mypopups pop-up permissions and access controls vulnerability

Mypopups · Pop Up

Privilege Escalation (subscriber+) vulnerability in Pop-up plugin <= 1.1.5 at WordPress.

8.8 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 0.98% · top 38.5% CWE-264 · Permissions and access controls
8.8CVSS 3.1 base score
0.98%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
4References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Privilege Escalation (subscriber+) vulnerability in Pop-up plugin <= 1.1.5 at WordPress.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/pop-up-pop-up/wordpress-pop-up-plugin-1-1-5-privilege-escalation-vulnerabi Third Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/plugins/pop-up-pop-up/#developers ProductRelease Notes
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/pop-up-pop-up/wordpress-pop-up-plugin-1-1-5-privilege-escalation-vulnerabi Third Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/plugins/pop-up-pop-up/#developers ProductRelease Notes

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2022-38070), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-15). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.