CVE-2025-31853 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-31853: WordPress Smartarget Popup Plugin <= 1.5 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Vendor Erez Hadas-Sonnenschein
Product Smartarget Popup
Weakness CWE-79 · XSS
Published April 1, 2025
Last update April 28, 2026
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CVSS base score

5.9/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction Required
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Erez Hadas-Sonnenschein Smartarget Popup smartarget-popup allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Smartarget Popup: from n/a through <= 1.5.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Smartarget Popup versions 1.5 and earlier contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. An authenticated administrator with high privileges can inject malicious scripts that execute in other users' browsers when they interact with the popup. The vulnerability requires user interaction and affects the integrity and confidentiality of site data.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Inject malicious scripts that run in other users' browsers when they view the popup.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Administrators with high privileges could inject scripts affecting other users' sessions and data.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker must have high-level admin privileges and the victim must view the affected popup.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

April 1, 2025 CVE published
April 28, 2026 Record updated