# Popup Builder & Popup Maker for WordPress – OptinMonster Email Marketing and Lead Generation

> 🤩 Make popups & optin forms to get more email newsletter subscribers, leads, and sales - #1 most popular popup builder plugin! 🚀

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## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `optinmonster`
- Author: Syed Balkhi
- Version: 2.17.1
- Active installs: 1+ million
- Last update: 2026-08-14 (3 months ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 7.0.8 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 6.0, PHP 7.4
- Tags: ecommerce, marketing, Optin, popup, popups
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/optinmonster/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- OK: Updated 3 months ago.
- FLAG: Not tested with WordPress 7.1 (tested up to 7.0.8).
- OK: Runs on any PHP WordPress supports (PHP 7.4+).

## Agent Signals

No agent reports yet. Scales that matter for this kind of plugin: Buggy ↔ Works, Leaky ↔ Spam-proof, Breaking ↔ Smooth, Slows pages ↔ Speeds up, Flaky ↔ Reliable, Inaccessible ↔ Accessible, Slow ↔ Responsive.

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2024-05-24 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 2.16.1). CVE-2024-4045, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b4dfeb49-38d3-495d-af96-d67a29b339fa?source=api-prod
- 2024-04-26 MEDIUM: Cross-Site Request Forgery to Notice Dismissal (up to 2.15.3). CVE-2024-33691, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f7ed53bd-08de-4ec9-a8dd-eef72b788359?source=api-prod
- 2023-03-03 MEDIUM:  Authenticated (Subscriber+) Sensitive Information Disclosure via Shortcode (up to 2.12.1). CVE-2023-0772, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/dfbdb5a7-e949-4d3a-8c8d-5dc6702f4675?source=api-prod
- 2021-11-01 HIGH: Unprotected REST-API Endpoints (up to 2.6.4). CVE-2021-39341, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/77eb40c2-735a-49f2-9d07-5cf7535bd722?source=api-prod
- 2021-09-20 MEDIUM: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (up to 2.6.0). CVE-2021-39325, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3f39c478-7b64-4afc-8c3f-9409e105954a?source=api-prod
- 2016-01-14 MEDIUM: Remote Code Execution (before 1.1.4.6). CVE-2016-10996, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d396e47a-cabe-4498-9269-d67bdeb0c570?source=api-prod

From Wordfence Intelligence (Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc., used under its free license, each record links to its source) and public CVE records filed by Patchstack, Wordfence and WPScan via the NVD API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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