FKIE_CVE-2024-8851

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-05-15 20:15 - Updated: 2025-06-04 16:31
Severity ?
5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
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).
References
contact@wpscan.comhttps://wpscan.com/vulnerability/493f3360-3155-4105-9b5c-60a8605275ab/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
codepeople polls_cp *
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              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:codepeople:polls_cp:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "71B64A6F-9192-4C6E-BDA6-3A65327FC808",
              "versionEndExcluding": "1.0.77",
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        }
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      "value": "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)."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "El complemento Polls CP WordPress anterior a la versi\u00f3n 1.0.77 no depura ni escapa de algunas de sus configuraciones de encuesta, lo que podr\u00eda permitir a usuarios con privilegios elevados como el administrador realizar ataques de Cross-Site Scripting almacenado incluso cuando la capacidad unfiltered_html no est\u00e1 permitida (por ejemplo, en una configuraci\u00f3n de varios sitios)."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2024-8851",
  "lastModified": "2025-06-04T16:31:03.757",
  "metrics": {
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        "cvssData": {
          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
          "availabilityImpact": "NONE",
          "baseScore": 5.4,
          "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
          "confidentialityImpact": "LOW",
          "integrityImpact": "LOW",
          "privilegesRequired": "LOW",
          "scope": "CHANGED",
          "userInteraction": "REQUIRED",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
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        "exploitabilityScore": 2.3,
        "impactScore": 2.7,
        "source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0",
        "type": "Secondary"
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  },
  "published": "2025-05-15T20:15:59.967",
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      "source": "contact@wpscan.com",
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  "sourceIdentifier": "contact@wpscan.com",
  "vulnStatus": "Analyzed",
  "weaknesses": [
    {
      "description": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-79"
        }
      ],
      "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
      "type": "Primary"
    }
  ]
}


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