CVE-2021-24442

CRITICAL EXPLOITED NUCLEI

Poll, Survey, Questionnaire and Voting system < 1.5.3 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via date_answers[] Parameter

Title source: llm

Exploitation Summary

CVE-2021-24442 has been observed exploited in the wild (reported by VulnCheck KEV). A Nuclei detection template is also available.

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

Nuclei Templates (1)

Wordpress Polls Widget < 1.5.3 - SQL Injection

CRITICALVERIFIEDby ritikchaddha

Shodan: http.html:/wp-content/plugins/polls-widget/

FOFA: body=/wp-content/plugins/polls-widget/

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7376666e-9b2a-4239-b11f-8544435b444a

Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://www.in-spired.xyz/wpdevart-polls-blind-sql-injection/

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8

EPSS 0.4692

EPSS Percentile 98.7%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

VulnCheck KEV 2025-06-06

CWE

CWE-89

Status published

Products (1)

wpdevart/poll\,_survey\,_questionnaire_and_voting_system < 1.5.3

Published Jul 12, 2021

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026