Arbitrary Web Script Injection Vulnerability in Poll Maker Versus Polls
CVE-2024-9462
Key Information:
- Vendor
WordPress
- Vendor
- CVE Published:
- 26 October 2024
What is CVE-2024-9462?
The Poll Maker plugin for WordPress is susceptible to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping in its poll settings. This vulnerability permits authenticated users with administrator-level permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts into web pages, which will execute whenever a user accesses the compromised page. It primarily affects multi-site installations, particularly in environments where the unfiltered_html feature is disabled, posing significant security risks to website users.

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Affected Version(s)
Poll Maker β Versus Polls, Anonymous Polls, Image Polls * <= 5.4.6
References
CVSS V3.1
Timeline
Vulnerability published