CVE-2021-24442

Poll, Survey, Questionnaire and Voting system < 1.5.3 - Unauthenticated Blind SQL Injection

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: July 12, 2021 at 07:21 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:40 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPoll, Survey, Questionnaire and Voting system

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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 46%

Description

The Poll, Survey, Questionnaire and Voting system WordPress plugin before 1.5.3 did not sanitise, escape or validate the date_answers[] POST parameter before using it in a SQL statement when sending a Poll result, allowing unauthenticated users to perform SQL Injection attacks

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 1.5.3
Affected range stops below 1.5.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (2)

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-89

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