CVE-2024-13602 Poll Maker < 5.5.4 - Admin+ Stored XSS
Admin users can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized settings in Poll Maker, enabling stored XSS attacks in multisite environments.
- 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-2024-13602?
CVE-2024-13602 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Poll Maker, published on 16 Mar 2025. 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 5.5.4 does not sanitise and escape some of its 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 multisite setup).
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13602?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ays-Pro Poll Maker.
How do I fix CVE-2024-13602?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13602 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-2024-13602 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-13602 exists.
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-qjx4-5xpx-3mfc.