CVE-2024-9475 SQL injection in Poll Maker – Versus Polls, Anonymous Polls, Image Polls
Authenticated administrators can exploit SQL injection in the Poll Maker plugin to extract sensitive database information.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-9475?
CVE-2024-9475 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in ays-pro Poll Maker – Versus Polls, Anonymous Polls, Image Polls, published on 26 Oct 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Poll Maker – Versus Polls, Anonymous Polls, Image Polls plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to generic SQL Injection via the order_by parameter in all versions up to, and including, 5.4.6 due to insufficient escaping on the user-supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.
Weakness: CWE-89
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-9475?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ays-Pro Poll Maker.
How do I fix CVE-2024-9475?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9475 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Use parameterised queries everywhere and never build SQL by joining strings. Upgrade affected software first; a web application firewall only buys time. More about SQL injection.
Is CVE-2024-9475 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9475 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in ays-pro Poll Maker – Versus Polls, Anonymous Polls, Image Polls
- 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-52cm-m84p-hg56.