CVE-2026-8995 Information disclosure in Poll Maker by AYS – Versus Polls, Anonymous Polls, Image Polls
Authenticated subscribers can retrieve sensitive user data including password hashes via an insecure AJAX action in the Poll Maker plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-8995?
CVE-2026-8995 is a medium-severity vulnerability in ays-pro Poll Maker by AYS – Versus Polls, Anonymous Polls, Image Polls, published on 29 May 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Poll Maker – Versus Polls, Anonymous Polls, Image Polls plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in versions up to and including 6.3.7. This is due to insufficient access controls on the 'ays_poll_get_user_information' AJAX action, which serializes and returns the complete WP_User object — including the user_pass (bcrypt password hash), user_email, user_login, user_registered, roles, and all capabilities — without any nonce verification or capability check beyond is_user_logged_in(). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to retrieve sensitive account data including their own password hash, which WordPress does not expose through any of its standard interfaces and which can be leveraged for offline password-cracking attacks.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-8995?
How do I fix CVE-2026-8995?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-8995 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-8995 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-8995 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5846-9fv5-4429.