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TI-2024-08217 Aliases CVE-2024-8851GHSA-ccp4-cg9p-v3f5

Polls CP <= 1.0.75 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Priority MEDIUM 58CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

The Polls CP WordPress plugin before 1.0.77 does not sanitise and escape some of its poll settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multi site setup).

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00318 24th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix Fixed Polls CP (Unknown): 1.0.77

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
UnknownPolls CPbefore 1.0.771.0.77Patch availableCNA
  • Polls CP VendorUnknown Affected before 1.0.77 Fixed in 1.0.77 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:codepeople:polls_cp:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*before 1.0.77Vulnerablecodepeople
  • cpe:2.3:a:codepeople:polls_cp:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 1.0.77 Vulnerable ·codepeople

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Polls CP (Unknown) Fixed in 1.0.77

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    Polls CP 1.0.77

    2 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2024-08220 Polls CP <= 1.0.75 - Admin+ Stored XSS via Custom StylesPriority MEDIUM 58
    Show all 2 records →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-8851
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-ccp4-cg9p-v3f5

References

Exploit 1

  • TI-2024-08220 Polls CP <= 1.0.75 - Admin+ Stored XSS via Custom Styles CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
  • TI-2014-08391 codepeople cp-polls Plugin cp-admin-int-message-list.inc.php sql injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2015-07723 The cp-polls plugin before 1.0.5 for WordPress has XSS. CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.1
  • TI-2014-08257 The cp-polls plugin before 1.0.1 for WordPress has XSS in the votes list. CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.1

Sources

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