CVE-2022-1456 Poll Maker < 4.0.2 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Admin users can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized settings in the Poll Maker plugin, potentially compromising other users.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-1456?
CVE-2022-1456 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Poll Maker, published on 30 May 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Poll Maker WordPress plugin before 4.0.2 does not sanitise and escape some settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Store Cross-Site Scripting attack even when unfiltered_html is disallowed
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-1456?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ays-Pro Poll Maker.
How do I fix CVE-2022-1456?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-1456 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2022-1456 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1456 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Poll Maker
- CVE-2025-26971 WordPress Poll Maker <= 5.6.5 - SQL Injection vulnerability
- CVE-2021-24651 Poll Maker < 3.4.2 - Unauthenticated Time Based SQL Injection
- CVE-2024-3600 Poll Maker – Best WordPress Poll Plugin <= 5.1.8 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- CVE-2021-24483 Poll Maker < 3.2.1 - Authenticated Blind SQL Injections
- CVE-2023-41871 WordPress Poll Maker Plugin <= 4.7.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qf4c-h9q9-5mc4.