What is CVE-2017-18521?

CVE-2017-18521 is a high-severity vulnerability in Wp-Kama Democracy Poll, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-08-21.

How severe is CVE-2017-18521?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-18521 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CSRF in Wp-Kama Democracy Poll

CVE-2017-18521

The democracy-poll plugin before 5.4 for WordPress has CSRF via wp-admin/options-general.php?page=democracy-poll&subpage=l10n.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2019-08-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (53.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-07.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 53rd percentile — 53.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Wp-Kama Democracy Poll

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wordpress.org/plugins/democracy-poll/ (Release Notes)
www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2017/02/22/cross-site-request-forgery-csrfcross-s… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-18521?: CVE-2017-18521 is a high-severity vulnerability in Wp-Kama Democracy Poll, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-08-21.
How severe is CVE-2017-18521?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-18521 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.