CVE-2017-18521

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Published Aug 21, 2019 CVSS 3.0 · 8.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

The democracy-poll plugin before 5.4 for WordPress has CSRF via wp-admin/options-general.php?page=democracy-poll&subpage=l10n.

Analysis

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Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wp-kama:democracy_poll:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-9637	The democracy-poll plugin before 5.4 for WordPress has CSRF via wp-admin/options-general.php?page=democracy-poll&subpage=l10n.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.739% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://wordpress.org/plugins/democracy-poll/#developers
https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2017/02/22/cross-site-request-forgery-csrfcross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability-in-democracy-poll/

History

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Subscriptions

Wp-kama Democracy Poll

Weaknesses

CWE-352
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 9:28 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Aug 21, 2019, 6:18 PM
Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 9:28 PM
Reserved: Aug 15, 2019, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 1:13 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Aug 21, 2019, 7:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 1:13 AM

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