CVE-2024-56295 WordPress Poll Maker plugin <= 5.5.6 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Attackers can bypass access controls in the Poll Maker plugin to perform unauthorized actions, requiring a plugin update.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-56295?
CVE-2024-56295 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Ays Pro Poll Maker, published on 15 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Ays Pro Poll Maker poll-maker allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Poll Maker: from n/a through <= 5.5.6.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-56295?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ays-Pro Poll Maker.
How do I fix CVE-2024-56295?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-56295 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2024-56295 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-56295 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ays Pro 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-2p97-mrrh-vgxm.