Vulnerability · Published Apr 19, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence

CVE-2024-3600Poll Maker – Best WordPress Poll Plugin <= 5.1.8 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

High 7.2

In plain English

A high-severity missing authorization in Poll Maker – Versus Polls, Anonymous Polls, Image Polls from ays-pro. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 32% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.2High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 67.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The Poll Maker – Best WordPress Poll Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to a missing capability check on the ays_poll_maker_quick_start AJAX action in addition to insufficient escaping and sanitization in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.8. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create quizzes and inject malicious web scripts into them that execute when a user visits the page.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
ays-pro Poll Maker – Versus Polls, Anonymous Polls, Image Polls 0 – through 5.1.8

Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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