PT-2019-14446 · Slickpopupteam · Slick-Popup

Published 2019-09-03 · Updated 2019-09-06 · CVE-2019-15867

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions slick-popup plugin versions prior to 1.7.2

Description The issue concerns a hardcoded password, specifically OmakPass13#, for the slickpopupteam account in the slick-popup plugin. This password can be accessed after a Subscriber initiates a certain AJAX action.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.7.2, update to version 1.7.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the AJAX action that exposes the hardcoded password until the update is applied.

Exploit

Fix

Using Hardcoded Credentials

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-798

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-15867

Affected Products

Slick-Popup

References · 5

• 🔥 https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9317 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://wordfence.com/blog/2019/05/privilege-escalation-flaw-present-in-slick-popup-plugin · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-15867 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/slick-popup/#developers · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15867 · Security Note