Name: CVE-2021-24442: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2021-07-12T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2021-24442, CWE-89, CVSS 9.8, EPSS 0.45996

The Poll, Survey, Questionnaire and Voting system WordPress plugin before 1.5.3 did not sanitise, escape or validate the date_answers[] POST parameter before using it in a SQL statement when sending a Poll result, allowing unauthenticated users to perform SQL Injection attacks

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.8
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Polls Widget Plugin	—	Update polls-widget plugin to version 1.5.3, or a newer patched version	May 15, 2025	Jun 22, 2021

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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