Vulnerability · Published Aug 1, 2026 · Assigned by WPScan
CVE-2026-14840YOP Poll < 7.0.6 - Unauthenticated Vote Restriction Bypass via IP Header Spoofing
Medium 5.3
In plain English
A medium-severity authentication bypass by spoofing in YOP Poll from Unknown. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 29% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 71.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack tooling1Public PoC
Official description
The YOP Poll WordPress plugin before 7.0.6 does not validate the connection's origin IP address and instead trusts client-controlled forwarding headers when enforcing its per-IP vote restriction, allowing unauthenticated attackers to bypass the vote limit and cast unlimited votes on a public poll.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-290 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/fc810ca2-3f27-414d-b94a-68842925b7c6/ exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description