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.
CVE-2024-3600 is a high severity with CVSS 7.2 Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue affecting the Plugin Poll Maker by AYS – Versus Polls, Anonymous Polls, Image Polls. It affects Versions up to 5.1.8 and is fixed in 5.1.9.
CVE-2024-3600 is tracked for the Plugin Poll Maker by AYS – Versus Polls, Anonymous Polls, Image Polls as high severity with CVSS 7.2. The affected range is Versions up to 5.1.8. Update Poll Maker by AYS – Versus Polls, Anonymous Polls, Image Polls to 5.1.9 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.
| Software Type | Plugin |
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| Software Slug |
poll-maker
View on wordpress.org
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| CVE | CVE-2024-3600 |
| Patched Versions |
5.1.9
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| Affected Versions |
Versions up to 5.1.8
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These internal links group the same WordPress plugin by CVE, issue type, severity, and patch status so operators and search engines can connect the full vulnerability cluster.
Poll Maker < 3.4.2 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection
Poll Maker <= 3.2.0 - SQL Injection
Poll Maker <= 5.5.6 - Missing Authorization
Poll Maker <= 5.5.0 - Missing Authorization
Poll Maker <= 6.0.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Poll Maker <= 4.7.0 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Poll Maker <= 3.2.8 – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Poll Maker – Versus Polls, Anonymous Polls, Image Polls <= 5.4.6 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Poll Settings
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