PT-2014-6170 · Automattic · Polldaddy Polls & Ratings

Mazengamal · Published 2014-07-10 · Updated 2014-07-11 · CVE-2014-4856

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Polldaddy Polls & Ratings plugin versions prior to 2.0.25

Description A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue exists, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML. This is related to vectors involving a ratings shortcode and a unique ID.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.0.25, update to version 2.0.25 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the ratings shortcode until a patch is applied. Avoid using unique IDs in the affected shortcode to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-4856

Affected Products

Polldaddy Polls & Ratings

References · 4

• http://wordpress.org/plugins/polldaddy/changelog · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4856 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-4856 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/59323 · Note