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).
History

Wed, 04 Jun 2025 16:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Codepeople
Codepeople polls Cp
Weaknesses CWE-79
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:codepeople:polls_cp:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Codepeople
Codepeople polls Cp

Fri, 16 May 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 15 May 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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).
Title Polls CP <= 1.0.75 - Admin+ Stored XSS via Custom Styles
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2025-05-15T20:07:19.175Z

Updated: 2025-05-16T20:39:15.480Z

Reserved: 2024-09-13T18:42:24.438Z

Link: CVE-2024-8854

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-05-16T20:39:10.166Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-05-15T20:16:00.053

Modified: 2025-06-04T16:31:17.827

Link: CVE-2024-8854

cve-icon Redhat

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