CVE-2024-9874

WordPress Poll Maker Plugin <= 5.4.6 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Time-Based SQL Injection

The Poll Maker – Versus Polls, Anonymous Polls, Image Polls plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based SQL Injection via the ‘orderby’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 5.4.6 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

Affected

ays-pro · Poll Maker – Versus Polls, Anonymous Polls, Image Polls

CVSS v3.1 NVD

7.2 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 WORDFENCE

4.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS

0.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 53rd percentile

Published

2024-11-09

Updated

2026-04-08

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/179500/WordPress-Poll-Maker-5.3.2-SQL-Injection.html

Security advisories

• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5a7e8284-d70f-4448-8f0d-99c23b8…
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/poll-maker/tags/5.4.6/includes/lists/class-pol…
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/poll-maker/tags/5.4.7/includes/lists/class-pol…

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry