YOP Poll <= 6.3.0 - Author+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Options Module

5.4
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2021-24834
CVSS 5.4 (Medium)
Publicly Published October 15, 2021
Last Updated January 4, 2023
Researcher Vishnupriya Ilango - Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs

Description

The YOP Poll WordPress plugin before 6.3.1 is affected by a stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability which exists in the Create Poll - Options module where a user with a role as low as author is allowed to execute arbitrary script code within the context of the application. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of custom label parameters - vote button label , results link label and back to vote caption label.

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Vulnerability Details for YOP Poll

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug yop-poll (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 6.3.1, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 6.3.0
Patched Version
  • 6.3.1

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