CVE-2025-15611: ays-pro popup_box Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-15611 is a high (CVSS 7.2) Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in ays-pro popup_box. EPSS estimates a 0.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 2.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 07-04-2026
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-04-2026
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Popup Box WordPress plugin before 5.5.0 does not properly validate nonces in the add_or_edit_popupbox() function before saving popup data, allowing unauthenticated attackers to perform Cross-Site Request Forgery attacks. When an authenticated admin visits a malicious page, the attacker can create or modify popups with arbitrary JavaScript that executes in the admin panel and frontend.

• CWE-918Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)The web server receives a URL or similar request from an upstream component and retrieves the contents of this URL, but it does not sufficiently ensure that the request is being sent to the expected destination.
• CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.