PT-2024-26846 · WordPress · The Poll Maker – Best Wordpress Poll Plugin

Krzysztof Zając · Published 2024-05-02 · Updated 2024-05-02 · CVE-2024-3601

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions The Poll Maker – Best WordPress Poll Plugin versions up to, and including, 5.1.8

Description The issue is related to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the ays poll create author function. This allows unauthenticated attackers to extract email addresses by enumerating them one character at a time.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 5.1.8, update to a version that includes a fix for the missing capability check in the ays poll create author function. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the ays poll create author function until a patch is available.

Fix

Missing Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-862

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-3601

Affected Products

The Poll Maker – Best Wordpress Poll Plugin

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-3601 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-3601 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1786082014258446562 · Twitter Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3071296%40poll-maker&new=3071296%40poll-maker&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fc0505a1-c7c4-4cf1-97cd-123a4dddcea3?source=cve · Note