CVE-2021-24458: Ays-Pro Popup Box

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The get_ays_popupboxes() and get_popup_categories() functions of the Popup box WordPress plugin before 2.3.4 did not use whitelist or validate the orderby parameter before using it in SQL statements passed to the get_results() DB calls, leading to SQL injection issues in the admin dashboard

Affected products

• Ays-Pro Popup Box: before 2.3.4 (fixed in 2.3.4)

Published 2021-08-02. Last modified 2026-06-17.