WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Brave Popup Builder < 0.8.8 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via UTM Parameter

Description

The plugin does not prevent a URL parameter used to pre-fill a form field from being passed to WordPress's shortcode engine, allowing unauthenticated attackers to have arbitrary shortcodes registered on the site executed server-side.

Reaching it requires the site to have published a popup containing a hidden form field configured to take its default value from a URL parameter.

Proof of Concept

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 0.8.8

References

Classification

Type
INJECTION
OWASP top 10

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Erwan LR (WPScan)
Submitter
Erwan LR (WPScan)
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-08-31 (about 2 days ago)
Added
2026-08-31 (about 2 days ago)
Last Updated
2026-08-31 (about 2 days ago)

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