Modal Survey < 2.0.1.8.2 — Authorization Bypass
d0215e53-0394-4845-93e4-463cd5642fb3Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: <2.0.1.8.2Update to 2.0.1.8.2 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High7.5
- CVSS
- 7.5CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/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:HIntegrity- High
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-285 Improper Authorization
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Modal Survey - WordPress Poll, Survey & Quiz Plugin modal_survey
- Affected< 2.0.1.8.2
- Patched in2.0.1.8.2
Update to 2.0.1.8.2 or newer.
You are affected if you run < 2.0.1.8.2. Version 2.0.1.8.2 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Modal Survey - WordPress Poll, Survey & Quiz Plugin.
- 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 2.0.1.8.2, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Modal Survey - WordPress Poll, Survey & Quiz Plugin to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Pagely.
The Modal Survey Plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary Survey Update, Deletion and Creation in versions before 2.0.1.8.2 via the 'ajax_survey' AJAX action due to lacking capability checks. This allows unauthenticated attackers to create, update, or delete arbitrary surveys.
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
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All 2| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Critical9.1 | PHP Object Injection ≤2.0.1.8Update to 2.0.1.8.2 | — |
- Critical9.1PHP Object Injection
≤2.0.1.8Update to 2.0.1.8.2
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 7.5
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.