CVE-2017-18521 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the democracy-poll plugin for WordPress, specifically affecting versions prior to 5.4. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) allows an unauthenticated attacker to trick an authenticated user into performing unintended actions, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 5.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wp-kama:democracy_poll:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.