Cross-site request forgery in Poll Maker - CVE-2024-12115
Published: December 9, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU101358
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-12115
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin in the duplicate_poll() function. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website, leading to poll duplication.
Affected software
Poll Maker
How to mitigate CVE-2024-12115
Install updates from vendor's website.
Poll Maker - update to 5.5.5
External References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3202972/poll-maker/tags/5.5.5/includes/lists/class-poll-maker-polls-list-table.php?old=3202972&old_path=poll-maker%2Ftags%2F5.5.4%2Fincludes%2Flists%2Fclass-poll-maker-polls-list-table.php
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e76447ec-2815-4758-ae2c-67a938a739d9?source=cve