Medium severity · published May 15, 2025
CVE-2024-8851
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…
5.4
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 25% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PC
Polls CP · Codepeople
before 1.0.77 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8851
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-8851
Exploit
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/493f3360-3155-4105-9b5c-60a8605275ab/
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