CVE-2024-8628: The Popup, Optin Form & Email Newsletters for Mailchimp, HubSpot, AWeber – MailOptin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'post-meta' shortcode in all ver

medium Affects mailoptin (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

The Popup, Optin Form & Email Newsletters for Mailchimp, HubSpot, AWeber – MailOptin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'post-meta' shortcode in all ver

Package
mailoptin (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<1.2.70.4
Fixed in
1.2.70.4
Severity
medium  CVSS 5.4
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 0% (20.3th percentile)
Published
2024-09-24
Source
nvd

References

CWE-79
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