SQL Injection in Ays-Pro Poll Maker
CVE-2024-9874
The Poll Maker – Versus Polls, Anonymous Polls, Image Polls plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based SQL Injection via the ‘orderby’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 5.4.6 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.
Vulnerability class: SQL Injection
EPSS: 0.007 (49.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security@wordfence.com (Third Party Advisory)
- security@wordfence.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- security@wordfence.com (Product)
- security@wordfence.com (Product)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-9874?
- CVE-2024-9874 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ays-Pro Poll Maker, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2024-11-09.
- How severe is CVE-2024-9874?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-9874 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.