An issue was discovered in the Popup Maker plugin before 1.8.13 for WordPress. An unauthenticated attacker can partially control the arguments of the do_action function to invoke certain popmake_ or pum_ methods, as demonstrated by controlling content and delivery of popmake-system-info.txt (aka the "support debug text file").
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2019-17574 is rated High Exploit Risk (87.1/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 86.89%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-03-04 | 86.02% | 86.89% | +0.87% |
| 2 | 2026-03-01 | 86.89% | 86.02% | -0.87% |
| 3 | 2026-02-04 | — | 86.89% | — |
Full EPSS history (59 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.1 | 3.1 | CRITICAL |
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3.9 | 5.2 | [email protected] |
| 6.4 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
|
10.0 | 4.9 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| code-atlantic | popup_maker | < 1.8.13 | cpe:2.3:a:code-atlantic:popup_maker:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://blog.redyops.com/wordpress-plugin-popup-maker/ | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/PopupMaker/Popup-Maker/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md | Release Notes |
| https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9907 | Third Party Advisory |