WordPress plugin
Helpful <= 4.5.14 — Authorization Bypass to Repeat Voting
342d90e1-9d2e-4262-9667-013a8506727bPublished · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤4.5.14Update to 4.5.15 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium4.3
- CVSS
- 4.3CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-285 Improper Authorization
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Helpful helpful
- Affected≤ 4.5.14
- Patched in4.5.15
Update to 4.5.15 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 4.5.14. Version 4.5.15 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Helpful.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 4.5.15, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Helpful to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Suriya Prakash, SaiManoj, Arun Nithyanandam.
The Helpful plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to repeat voting in versions up to, and including, 4.5.14 due to insufficient voting verification/authorization. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers to vote more than once in polls created with the plugin.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in Helpful
All 3| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium5.3 | Sensitive Information Disclosure ≤4.5.25Update to 4.5.26 | CVE-2022-2834 | |
| Medium5.5 | Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting <4.4.59Update to 4.4.59 | CVE-2021-24841 |
- Medium5.3Sensitive Information Disclosure
≤4.5.25Update to 4.5.26
- Medium5.5Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
<4.4.59Update to 4.4.59
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 4.3
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.