Poll, Survey, Questionnaire and Voting system <= 1.5.2 - Unauthenticated Blind SQL Injection

9.8
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
CVE CVE-2021-24442
CVSS 9.8 (Critical)
Publicly Published June 22, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Toby Jackson

Description

The Poll, Survey, Questionnaire and Voting system WordPress plugin before 1.5.3 did not sanitise, escape or validate the date_answers[] POST parameter before using it in a SQL statement when sending a Poll result, allowing unauthenticated users to perform SQL Injection attacks

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Vulnerability Details for Poll, Survey, Questionnaire and Voting system

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug polls-widget (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.5.3, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • < 1.5.3
Patched Version
  • 1.5.3

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