Poll MakerWordPress extension · Ays Pro
CVE-2024-9475
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe Poll Maker – Versus Polls, Anonymous Polls, Image Polls plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to generic SQL Injection via the order_by parameter in all versions up to, and including, 5.4.6 due to insufficient escaping on the user-supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe Poll Maker WordPress plugin up to version 5.4.6 contains a SQL injection vulnerability in the order_by parameter. The parameter is not properly escaped before being used in SQL queries, and the existing queries lack sufficient preparation (parameterized statements), allowing authenticated administrators to inject arbitrary SQL commands to extract sensitive database information.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Poll MakerWordPress extension
< 5.4.7CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Check installed Poll Maker plugin versionIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins > Poll Maker and note the version number displayedAffected if Version shown is 5.4.6 or lower (below 5.4.7)
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Confirm plugin is activeVerify in WordPress admin under Plugins that Poll Maker shows as ActiveAffected if Plugin is active and version is below 5.4.7
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Inspect HTTP requests to Poll Maker endpointsIf you have access logging or a web application firewall, search for requests to Poll Maker admin pages containing the 'order_by' parameter. Look for requests with unusual characters like quotes, semicolons, or SQL keywordsAffected if Requests with 'order_by' parameter contain SQL injection patterns
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Review database activity logsCheck database query logs, plugin security logs, or WordPress debug logs for suspicious SQL queries originating from Poll Maker functionalityAffected if Unexpected or arbitrary SQL queries appear in logs tied to Poll Maker
Environment is affected if the Poll Maker plugin version is below 5.4.7 and the plugin is active on the WordPress site.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped5.4.7
Update the Poll Maker plugin to version 5.4.7 or later. If no update is available, consider removing the plugin until a patch is released.
Poll Maker version 5.4.7
- Log in to the WordPress admin dashboard
- Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins
- Find the 'Poll Maker' plugin in the list
- Click 'Update now' if an update is available, or manually update to version 5.4.7
- Verify the update completed successfully
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
Fix this in Poll Maker
Scoped from the published advisory
- Consultation2.0 h
- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing2.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2024-9475 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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