SQL injection in Poll Maker - CVE-2024-9874
Published: November 11, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU100221
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-9874
CWE-ID: CWE-89
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Copy Content Protection Team
Affected software:
Poll Maker
Poll Maker
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary SQL queries in database.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the "orderby" parameter. A remote administrator can send a specially crafted request to the affected application and execute arbitrary SQL commands within the application database.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to read data in database.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-9874
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5a7e8284-d70f-4448-8f0d-99c23b8eda79?source=cve
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/179500/WordPress-Poll-Maker-5.3.2-SQL-Injection.html
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/poll-maker/tags/5.4.6/includes/lists/class-poll-maker-results-list-table.php#L58
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/poll-maker/tags/5.4.7/includes/lists/class-poll-maker-each-results-poll-list-table.php#L48