CVE-2024-8851

Polls CP <= 1.0.75 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Published May 15, 2025 CVSS 3.1 · 5.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The Polls CP WordPress plugin before 1.0.77 does not sanitise and escape some of its poll settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multi site setup).

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-15234 The Polls CP WordPress plugin before 1.0.77 does not sanitise and escape some of its poll settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multi site setup).
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Codepeople
Codepeople polls Cp
Weaknesses CWE-79
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:codepeople:polls_cp:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Codepeople
Codepeople polls Cp
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Polls CP WordPress plugin before 1.0.77 does not sanitise and escape some of its poll settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multi site setup).
Title Polls CP <= 1.0.75 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
References
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
WPScan
Published
Updated
May 16, 2025, 8:40 PM
Reserved
Sep 13, 2024, 6:35 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
May 15, 2025, 8:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 8:23 AM