# CVE-2023-34013: WordPress Poll Maker Plugin <= 4.6.2 is vulnerable to Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

> An attacker can exploit a Server-Side Request Forgery vulnerability in the Poll Maker WordPress plugin to access internal resources or bypass security controls.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Nov 2023
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rjg3-r8f3-xp64

## What is CVE-2023-34013?

CVE-2023-34013 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Poll Maker – Best WordPress Poll Plugin, published on 13 Nov 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in Poll Maker Team Poll Maker – Best WordPress Poll Plugin.This issue affects Poll Maker – Best WordPress Poll Plugin: from n/a through 4.6.2.

Weakness: CWE-918 (Server-Side Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-34013?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ays-Pro Poll Maker.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-34013?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-34013 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-34013 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-34013 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Poll Maker – Best WordPress Poll Plugin

- [CVE-2025-26971](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-26971/): WordPress Poll Maker <= 5.6.5 - SQL Injection vulnerability (high 7.6)
- [CVE-2021-24651](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24651/): Poll Maker < 3.4.2 - Unauthenticated Time Based SQL Injection (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2024-3600](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3600/): Poll Maker – Best WordPress Poll Plugin <= 5.1.8 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2021-24483](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24483/): Poll Maker < 3.2.1 - Authenticated Blind SQL Injections (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2023-41871](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-41871/): WordPress Poll Maker Plugin <= 4.7.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (high 7.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-34013 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-34013 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Poll Maker – Best WordPress Poll Plugin, published on 13 Nov 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-34013 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Poll Maker – Best WordPress Poll 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-2023-34013/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-34013/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-34013
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-34013
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-34013

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