Information disclosure in Ays Pro Poll Maker by AYS – Versus Polls, Anonymous Polls…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-200.
Summary
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.
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-2026-8995
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5846-9fv5-4429
References
Other 9
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5d1ff79e-5246-422a-ae75-20763e7acd17?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/poll-maker/tags/6.3.7/public/class-poll-maker-ays-public.php#L2967
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/poll-maker/tags/6.3.7/includes/class-poll-maker-ays.php#L318
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/poll-maker/tags/6.3.7/public/class-poll-maker-ays-public.php#L2960
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/poll-maker/tags/6.2.7/public/class-poll-maker-ays-public.php#L2967
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/poll-maker/tags/6.2.7/includes/class-poll-maker-ays.php#L318
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/poll-maker/tags/6.2.7/public/class-poll-maker-ays-public.php#L2960
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/poll-maker/tags/6.3.8/public/class-poll-maker-ays-public.php#L2959
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/poll-maker/tags/6.3.8/includes/class-poll-maker-ays.php#L318
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- TI-2024-07151 AI Assistant with ChatGPT by AYS <= 2.0.9 - Unauthenticated AJAX Calls CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2024-07150 AI Chatbot with ChatGPT by AYS <= 2.0.9 - Unauthenticated OpenAI Key Disclosure CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2023-05660 Quiz Maker < 6.4.9.5 - Unauthenticated Email Address Disclosure CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
Sources
- CVE-2026-8995 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-8995 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5846-9fv5-4429 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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