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CVE-2021-24651 (GCVE-0-2021-24651)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-10-11 10:45 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:35
VLAI
Title
Poll Maker < 3.4.2 - Unauthenticated Time Based SQL Injection
Summary
The Poll Maker WordPress plugin before 3.4.2 allows unauthenticated users to perform SQL injection via the ays_finish_poll AJAX action. While the result is not disclosed in the response, it is possible to use a timing attack to exfiltrate data such as password hash.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Unknown Poll Maker Affected: 3.4.2 , < 3.4.2 (custom)
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Credits
apple502j
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