Unauthenticated poll manipulation via unverified AJAX calls
Published Feb 13, 2020 · Updated Aug 6, 2024
Authorization bypass in WordPress Poll Plugin 34.05 allows remote attackers to add, edit, or delete answers and delete polls. The externally callable editAnswer, deleteAnswer, addAnswer, and deletePoll functions perform these administrative changes without verifying the caller. No authentication or user interaction is required, and the consequence is limited to unauthorized manipulation or deletion of poll content.
Summary
What happened
Authorization bypass in WordPress Poll Plugin 34.05 allows remote attackers to add, edit, or delete answers and delete polls. The externally callable editAnswer, deleteAnswer, addAnswer, and deletePoll functions perform these administrative changes without verifying the caller. No authentication or user interaction is required, and the consequence is limited to unauthorized manipulation or deletion of poll content.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2013-1401
- Published
- Feb 13, 2020
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-89, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 13, 2020CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 6, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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What is affected?
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Attacks
What attackers are doing with it
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- External-call poll manipulation exploit descriptionproof of concept · unverified
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Technologies
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