Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-85004 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-85004 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-85004?
- Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 4.3, published 2 October 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Popup Maker through 1.4.5.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-85004?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-85004 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-85004?
- Check whether you run Popup Maker at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
The plugin fails to perform capability checks on the sgpm_connect action, relying only on nonce verification. This allows any authenticated user to modify site-wide Popup Maker options including API configuration and linked service accounts. The vulnerability is an authorization bypass (broken access control) that requires an attacker to be logged in as a Subscriber or higher, but does not require admin privileges.
Affected products
- Popup Maker Popup Maker through 1.4.5
Timeline
- 2026-09-29: disclosed
- 2026-10-02: advisory