Wordpress Poll: A security weakness
Wordpress Poll is affected by a security weakness. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- Wordpress Poll
- Plugin slug
wordpress-poll- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Feb 13, 2020
This CVE was published Feb 13, 2020 and is one of 2 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Wordpress Poll 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
Multiple security bypass vulnerabilities in the editAnswer, deleteAnswer, addAnswer, and deletePoll functions in WordPress Poll Plugin 34.5 for WordPress allow a remote attacker to add, edit, and delete an answer and delete a poll.
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H