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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-12115
CVE-2024-12115:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Poll Maker – Versus Polls, Anonymous Polls, Image Polls plugin for WordPress contains a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability affecting all versions up to and including 5.5.4. This vulnerability was assigned CVE-2024-12115 and was disclosed on December 6, 2024 (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from missing or incorrect nonce validation in the duplicate_poll() function. The issue has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N. The weakness is categorized as CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (NVD, Wordfence).
Impact
The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to duplicate polls through forged requests, provided they can trick a site administrator into performing specific actions such as clicking on a malicious link (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been patched in version 5.5.5 of the Poll Maker plugin. Site administrators are advised to update to this version or later to protect against potential CSRF attacks (WordPress Plugin).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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