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CVE-2024-9462

MEDIUM 4.8 CVSS 3.1
Published
October 26, 2024
Last modified
June 17, 2026
NVD status
Analyzed
Reported by
security@wordfence.com
Weakness
CWE-79
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Description

The Poll Maker – Versus Polls, Anonymous Polls, Image Polls plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via poll settings in all versions up to, and including, 5.4.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.

Affected WordPress components

  • Poll Maker by AYS – Versus Polls, Anonymous Polls, Image Polls Plugin · poll-maker
    Confirmed match Active
    Up to and including 5.4.6
    View on WordPress.org

A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.

Affected products and versions

  • ays-pro Poll Maker – Versus Polls, Anonymous Polls, Image Polls — Up to and including 5.4.6
  • ays-pro poll_maker — Before 5.4.7

References

  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/poll-maker/tags/5.4.6/includes/lists/class-poll-maker-polls-list-table.php#L244 Product
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/poll-maker/tags/5.4.6/includes/lists/class-poll-maker-polls-list-table.php#L255 Product
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/poll-maker/tags/5.4.6/includes/lists/class-poll-maker-polls-list-table.php#L362 Product
  • www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9e6434fb-390d-439d-bf3e-9afe8644fd58?source=cve Third Party Advisory
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record