Poll Maker – Versus Polls, Anonymous Polls, Image Polls: A security weakness
Poll Maker – Versus Polls, Anonymous Polls, Image Polls is affected by a security weakness. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- Poll Maker – Versus Polls, Anonymous Polls, Image Polls
- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Aug 16, 2025
This CVE was published Aug 16, 2025 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Poll Maker – Versus Polls, Anonymous Polls, Image Polls to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The Poll Maker – Versus Polls, Anonymous Polls, Image Polls plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Basic Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 5.8.9 via the 'ays_finish_poll' AJAX action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to retrieve admin email information which is exposed in the poll response.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N