ays-pro Poll Maker Plugin up to 6.3.7 on WordPress Password Hash ays_poll_get_user_information information disclosure

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A vulnerability has been found in ays-pro Poll Maker Plugin up to 6.3.7 on WordPress and classified as problematic. This affects the function ays_poll_get_user_information of the component Password Hash Handler. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-8995. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in ays-pro Poll Maker Plugin up to 6.3.7 on WordPress. Affected by this vulnerability is the function ays_poll_get_user_information of the component Password Hash Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The Poll Maker – Versus Polls, Anonymous Polls, Image Polls plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in versions up to and including 6.3.7. This is due to insufficient access controls on the 'ays_poll_get_user_information' AJAX action, which serializes and returns the complete WP_User object — including the user_pass (bcrypt password hash), user_email, user_login, user_registered, roles, and all capabilities — without any nonce verification or capability check beyond is_user_logged_in(). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to retrieve sensitive account data including their own password hash, which WordPress does not expose through any of its standard interfaces and which can be leveraged for offline password-cracking attacks.

The weakness was released by Satoo Nakano. It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-8995 since 05/19/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 6.2.7 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Survey Software

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• ays-pro

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• Poll Maker Plugin

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• 6.3.0
• 6.3.1
• 6.3.2
• 6.3.3
• 6.3.4
• 6.3.5
• 6.3.6
• 6.3.7

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