A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in WordPress Poll Plugin 34.05 on WordPress. This affects an unknown code of the file CWPPoll.js. The manipulation of the argument poll_id with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-89. The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in CWPPoll.js in WordPress Poll Plugin 34.5 for WordPress allow attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the pollid or poll_id parameter in a viewPollResults or userlogs action.

The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2013-1400 since 01/19/2013. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1505 for this issue.

The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading to version 34.06 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (20130119) and SecurityFocus (BID 57479†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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