Ollie Armstrong Simply Poll 1.4.1 on WordPress POST Parameter admin-ajax.php spAjaxResults pollid sql injection

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A vulnerability was found in Ollie Armstrong Simply Poll 1.4.1 on WordPress. It has been rated as critical. This affects the function spAjaxResults of the file admin-ajax.php of the component POST Parameter Handler. The manipulation of the argument pollid leads to sql injection. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-20062. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Ollie Armstrong Simply Poll 1.4.1 on WordPress and classified as critical. This issue affects the function spAjaxResults of the file admin-ajax.php of the component POST Parameter Handler. The manipulation of the argument pollid with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Simply Poll 1.4.1 plugin for WordPress contains an SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to extract database information by injecting SQL code through the 'pollid' POST parameter. Attackers can send requests to the admin-ajax.php endpoint with the 'spAjaxResults' action and malicious 'pollid' values to execute arbitrary SQL queries and read sensitive data from the WordPress database.

The weakness was shared by Tad Group as 40971. The advisory is shared at exploit-db.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-20062 since 06/09/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1505 for this issue.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:admin-ajax.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Survey Software

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• Ollie Armstrong

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• Simply Poll

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• 1.4.1

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• end of life

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