CVE-2024-13426 | WP-Polls <= 2.77.2 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection to Stored Cross-Site Scripting

The WP-Polls plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via COOKIE in all versions up to, and including, 2.77.2 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries. Those queries are stored and results are not displayed to the attacker, which means they cannot be exploited to obtain any additional information about the database. However, a properly configured payload allows for the injection of malicious JavaScript resulting in Stored Cross-Site Scripting.

Published: 2025-01-21 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-13426 is rated Low Risk (34.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.46%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-13426

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-20 0.44% 0.46% +0.02%
2 2026-06-15 0.66% 0.44% -0.22%
3 2026-03-01 — 0.66% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-13426

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.4 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.2 2.7 [email protected]
5.3 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 1.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-13426

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-13426

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
wp-polls_project wp-polls < 2.77.3 cpe:2.3:a:wp-polls_project:wp-polls:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

References for CVE-2024-13426

URL Tags
https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/a82874058f58575dbba64ce09b6dcbd43ccf5fdc/src/wp-includes/default-constants.php#L249 Patch
https://github.com/lesterchan/wp-polls Product
https://github.com/lesterchan/wp-polls/blob/97ab44c2d4c3a3d308ce8b87dae8b2a8f7147f0e/polls-logs.php#L294 Patch
https://github.com/lesterchan/wp-polls/blob/97ab44c2d4c3a3d308ce8b87dae8b2a8f7147f0e/polls-logs.php#L97 Patch
https://github.com/lesterchan/wp-polls/blob/97ab44c2d4c3a3d308ce8b87dae8b2a8f7147f0e/wp-polls.php#L1378 Patch
https://github.com/lesterchan/wp-polls/blob/97ab44c2d4c3a3d308ce8b87dae8b2a8f7147f0e/wp-polls.php#L1416 Patch
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3224709%40wp-polls%2Ftrunk&old=2949758%40wp-polls%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= Patch
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-polls/ Product
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b76de574-2627-46cd-9817-134a009ac3bd?source=cve Third Party Advisory
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