# CVE-2022-40130: WordPress WP-Polls plugin <= 2.76.0 - Auth. Race Condition vulnerability

> Authenticated subscribers can exploit a race condition in WP-Polls to modify data, requiring plugin updates.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Nov 2022
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4f53-wpq5-xm54

## What is CVE-2022-40130?

CVE-2022-40130 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Lester 'GaMerZ' Chan WP-Polls (WordPress plugin), published on 18 Nov 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Auth. (subscriber+) Race Condition vulnerability in WP-Polls plugin <= 2.76.0 on WordPress.

Weakness: CWE-362 (Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-40130?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wp-Polls Project Wp-Polls.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-40130?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-40130 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-40130 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-40130 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Lester 'GaMerZ' Chan WP-Polls (WordPress plugin)

- [CVE-2015-9352](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-9352/): The wp-polls plugin before 2.72 for WordPress has SQL injection. (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2016-10936](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-10936/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2024-13426](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13426/): WP-Polls <= 2.77.2 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2022-1581](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1581/): WP-Polls < 2.76.0 - IP Validation Bypass (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-40130 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-40130 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Lester 'GaMerZ' Chan WP-Polls (WordPress plugin), published on 18 Nov 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-40130 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Lester 'GaMerZ' Chan WP-Polls (WordPress plugin). No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-40130/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-40130/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-40130
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40130
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-40130

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-40130/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.