vulnerability

WordPress Plugin: wp-polls: CVE-2024-13426: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
Jan 21, 2025
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026

Description

The WP-Polls plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via COOKIE in all versions up to, and including, 2.77.2 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries. Those queries are stored and results are not displayed to the attacker, which means they cannot be exploited to obtain any additional information about the database. However, a properly configured payload allows for the injection of malicious JavaScript resulting in Stored Cross-Site Scripting.

Solution

wp-polls-plugin-cve-2024-13426
Title
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