Poll Maker by AYS <= 6.3.7 — Authenticated (Subscriber+) Sensitive Information Exposure in 'ays_poll_get_user_information' AJAX Action

Am I affected?

• Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Poll Maker by AYS – Versus Polls, Anonymous Polls, Image Polls.
• No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.

What to do

1. Update to version 6.3.8, or a newer patched version
2. Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
3. Watch Poll Maker by AYS – Versus Polls, Anonymous Polls, Image Polls to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Satoo Nakano.

The Poll Maker – Versus Polls, Anonymous Polls, Image Polls plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in versions up to and including 6.3.7. This is due to insufficient access controls on the 'ays_poll_get_user_information' AJAX action, which serializes and returns the complete WP_User object — including the user_pass (bcrypt password hash), user_email, user_login, user_registered, roles, and all capabilities — without any nonce verification or capability check beyond is_user_logged_in(). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to retrieve sensitive account data including their own password hash, which WordPress does not expose through any of its standard interfaces and which can be leveraged for offline password-cracking attacks.

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

Timeline

1. May 28, 2026

   CVE published

   Severity medium, CVSS 4.3

2. Nov 13, 2026

   Record last updated