CVE-2024-9874 WordPress Poll Maker Plugin <= 5.4.6 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Time-Based SQL Injection
Authenticated administrators can exploit time-based 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-2024-9874?
CVE-2024-9874 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in ays-pro Poll Maker – Versus Polls, Anonymous Polls, Image Polls, published on 9 Nov 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 time-based SQL Injection via the ‘orderby’ 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 access 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-2024-9874?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ays-Pro Poll Maker.
How do I fix CVE-2024-9874?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9874 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-2024-9874 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9874 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-3m72-96fp-2vmr.