Auth bypass in Total-Soft Responsive Poll
CVE-2020-11673
An issue was discovered in the Responsive Poll through 1.3.4 for Wordpress. It allows an unauthenticated user to manipulate polls, e.g., delete, clone, or view a hidden poll. This is due to the usage of the callback wp_ajax_nopriv function in Includes/Total-Soft-Poll-Ajax.php for sensitive operations.
Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication
EPSS: 0.035 (88.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Total-soft Responsive_poll
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-11673?
- CVE-2020-11673 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Total-Soft Responsive Poll, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-04-13.
- How severe is CVE-2020-11673?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-11673 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.