What is CVE-2022-1456?

CVE-2022-1456 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ays-pro Poll_maker, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-05-30.

How severe is CVE-2022-1456?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-1456 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Ays-pro Poll_maker

CVE-2022-1456

The Poll Maker WordPress plugin before 4.0.2 does not sanitise and escape some settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Store Cross-Site Scripting attack even when unfiltered_html is disallowed

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.006 (42.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Ays-pro Poll_maker
Unknown Poll Maker — versions 4.0.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-1456?: CVE-2022-1456 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ays-pro Poll_maker, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-05-30.
How severe is CVE-2022-1456?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-1456 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.