WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Poll Maker < 5.5.7 - Missing Authorization

Description

The Poll Maker – Versus Polls, Anonymous Polls, Image Polls plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on a function in all versions up to, and including, 5.5.6. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to perform an unauthorized action.

Affects Plugins

Plugin icon
poll-maker
Fixed in 5.5.7

References

CVE
CVE-2024-56295
URL
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/326c16af-a2d3-431b-9735-a5dbd9a68ae0

Classification

Type
NO AUTHORISATION
OWASP top 10
A5: Broken Access Control
CWE
CWE-862
CVSS
6.5 (medium)

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Nosa "apapedulimu" Shandy
Verified
No
WPVDB ID
8273c948-6e53-4b04-bbed-f864065e7b55

Timeline

Publicly Published
2025-01-03 (about 1 year ago)
Added
2025-01-20 (about 1 year ago)
Last Updated
2025-01-20 (about 1 year ago)

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