Medium severity · published Jan 21, 2025
CVE-2024-56277
WordPress Poll Maker Plugin < 5.5.5 - HTML Injection vulnerability
5.3
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output vulnerability in Ays Pro Poll Maker poll-maker.This issue affects Poll Maker: from n/a through < 5.5.5.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 22% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PM
Poll Maker · Ays Pro
through 5.5.5 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56277
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-56277
Third Party Advisory
https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/poll-maker/vulnerability/wordpress-poll-maker-plugin-5-5-5-html-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
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