Poll Maker <= 5.5.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Poll Duplication
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Tampering
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-352.
Summary
The Poll Maker – Versus Polls, Anonymous Polls, Image Polls plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 5.5.4. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the duplicate_poll() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to duplicate polls via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- 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
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-12115
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2f8c-4h5p-8xr7
References
More Ays Pro Poll Maker vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-12643 Poll Maker < 5.5.4 - Admin+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
- TI-2025-18294 WordPress Poll Maker plugin <= 5.5.0 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-19842 WordPress Poll Maker <= 5.6.5 - SQL Injection vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-30042 WordPress Poll Maker plugin <= 5.7.7 - Race Condition Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- TI-2023-16880 WordPress Poll Maker Plugin <= 4.6.2 is vulnerable to Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2021-06933 Poll Maker < 3.4.2 - Unauthenticated Time Based SQL Injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2024-12115 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-12115 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2f8c-4h5p-8xr7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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