CP Polls <= 1.0.71 — Unauthenticated Content Injection
CVE-2024-24874Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤1.0.71Update to 1.0.72 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium5.3
- CVSS
- 5.3CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:NAvailability- None
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Polls CP cp-polls
- Affected≤ 1.0.71
- Patched in1.0.72
Update to 1.0.72 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 1.0.71. Version 1.0.72 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Polls CP.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 1.0.72, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Polls CP to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Kyle Sanchez.
The Polls CP plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to content injection in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.71. This is due to insufficient validation on poll answers. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary content.
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 Polls CP
All 11| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium5.4 | Cross-Site Request Forgery to Cross-Site Scripting ≤1.0.8Update to 1.0.9 | CVE-2016-20066 | |
| Medium4.3 | Cross-Site Request Forgery ≤1.0.8Update to 1.0.9 | CVE-2016-20067 | |
| Medium4.4 | Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤1.0.81Update to 1.0.82 | CVE-2025-50025 | |
| Medium6.1 | Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ≤1.0.74Update to 1.0.75 | CVE-2024-47297 | |
| Medium4.4 | Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤1.0.76Update to 1.0.77 | CVE-2024-8851 |
- Medium5.4Cross-Site Request Forgery to Cross-Site Scripting
≤1.0.8Update to 1.0.9
- Medium4.3Cross-Site Request Forgery
≤1.0.8Update to 1.0.9
- Medium4.4Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤1.0.81Update to 1.0.82
- Medium6.1Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
≤1.0.74Update to 1.0.75
- Medium4.4Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤1.0.76Update to 1.0.77
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 5.3
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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