Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessRegister Subscriber account on target site
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DeliveryCall unprotected popup-management AJAX endpoint
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ExploitInject JavaScript into stored popup
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ExecutionAdmin/visitor renders malicious popup
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PersistScript executes in victim browser
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ImpactHijack session or perform admin actions
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Output encoding, context-aware escaping
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Requires an authenticated WordPress account at Subscriber level or above (PR:L) on a site running YS LeadGen (Popup Builder / Popup Maker / Form Builder) version 2.1.4 or earlier; the affected AJAX popup-management actions in app/Controllers/Ajax.php lack capability checks. Practical exploitation is most viable where the site allows open/self-service user registration, which is how an attacker obtains the required Subscriber account. Payload execution (the stored XSS) further requires a victim - typically an administrator or visitor - to view or trigger display of the attacker-created popup, making user interaction of a third party a real-world dependency for impact even though the CVSS marks UI:N for the injection itself. |
| Impact | This is a moderate-severity, authenticated stored XSS with broken access control. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N, 6.4) is internally consistent and matches Wordfence's standard scoring for a Subscriber-level stored XSS with a scope change (S:C, reflecting script execution in another user's browser context, typically an admin viewing the popup). No EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no public POC are present in the input - so this is 'no public exploit identified at time of analysis.' The gating factor PR:L is significant: exploitation requires a valid authenticated account (Subscriber and above). Real-world priority is therefore driven by whether the affected site permits open user registration; on sites where registration is closed, the practical attack surface shrinks considerably. Impacts are capped at C:L/I:L (partial, via client-side script) with A:N, so this is a real but not critical issue - not a high-CVSS-but-hollow finding, but also not a drop-everything remote-unauth flaw. No key signals conflict; the main absence is any exploitation-probability data (EPSS/KEV/POC all unavailable), which limits confidence about likelihood of opportunistic exploitation. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker registers a low-privilege Subscriber account on a WordPress site running YS LeadGen <=2.1.4, then calls the unprotected popup-management AJAX endpoints (app/Controllers/Ajax.php) to create a popup containing malicious JavaScript. When an administrator or visitor triggers the popup display, the script executes in their browser session, enabling session/cookie theft or admin-action forgery leading to site takeover. No public POC is identified at time of analysis; the attack is network-based and low-complexity but requires an authenticated account. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Sep 19, 2026
Authenticated stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in the YS LeadGen WordPress plugin, versions up to and including 2.1.4, allows attackers with Subscriber-level access or higher to bypass authorization checks on AJAX popup-management endpoints and inject arbitrary JavaScript through created popups. The missing capability checks in app/Controllers/Ajax.php enable low-privileged users to create popups containing malicious script, which executes when a victim (such as an administrator or site visitor) views the popup. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, and the CVSS score is 6.4 (medium).
RemediationAI
Apply the upstream fix referenced in changeset 3577391 (https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3577391); a tagged patched version is not independently confirmed at this time, so monitor the plugin's Trac and Wordfence advisory for the exact release. If patching is not immediately possible, mitigate the risk by disabling open/self-service user registration to prevent attackers from obtaining a Subscriber-level account, which is the primary prerequisite for exploitation. Note that this is a compensating control and may disrupt legitimate site functionality if user registration is required. Alternatively, if the plugin is not essential, deactivate and remove it to eliminate the attack surface. Do not rely solely on generic WAF rules; consider restricting access to the affected AJAX endpoints (e.g., via capability checks in a custom plugin) as a temporary measure, but be aware that such fixes may break popup management functionality for legitimate users.
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Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The YS LeadGen plugin (also identified as Popup Builder, Popup Maker, and Form Builder for WordPress) registers AJAX actions in app/Controllers/Ajax.php that handle popup management. These actions lack proper capability checks (e.g., current_user_can), so any authenticated user with Subscriber-level access or above can invoke them and create or modify popups. This is a broken access control issue that leads to stored cross-site scripting (CWE-79) because popup content is saved without adequate sanitization and later rendered in a victim's browser. The CVSS vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N indicates the injection itself requires no user interaction and can affect resources beyond the vulnerable component (scope change), but real-world impact depends on a third party viewing the malicious popup. The CPE string confirms the affected product as ysinnovations:ys_leadgen_-_popup_builder,_popup_maker_&_form_builder_for_wordpress_|_lead_generation,_email_marketing,_sales,_conversions,_opt-ins_&_subscribers.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Network AJAX endpoint, low complexity, Subscriber account needed (PR:L); stored XSS executes in another user's context (S:C) with partial C/I and no availability impact.
Primary rating from Vendor (Wordfence).
CVSS VectorVendor: Wordfence
DescriptionCVE.org
The YS LeadGen plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass and Stored Cross-Site Scripting via multiple AJAX endpoints in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.4 due to missing capability checks on popup management actions. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to create arbitrary popups and inject malicious JavaScript that executes when the popup is displayed, leading to Stored XSS.
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Attack Technique
Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding.
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