Poll Maker – Versus Polls, Anonymous Polls, Image Polls <= 5.8.9 - Unauthenticated Basic Information Exposure

2025-08-15 00:00

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Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 5.9.0

Affected PluginPoll Maker by AYS – Versus Polls, Anonymous Polls, Image Polls

Affected Version<= 5.8.9

CVSS5.3Medium

CVECVE-2024-12575

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Vulnerability Overview

The Poll Maker – Versus Polls, Anonymous Polls, Image Polls plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Basic Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 5.8.9 via the 'ays_finish_poll' AJAX action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to retrieve admin email information which is exposed in the poll response.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 5.9.0, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor) The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-12575 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3674cfb8-6372-4309-a9de-e6ef7c0b3836

CVSS Vector

5.3

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

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