CVE-2022-0205: YOP Poll < 6.3.5 - Author+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-03-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The YOP Poll WordPress plugin before 6.3.5 does not sanitise and escape some of the settings (available to users with a role as low as author) before outputting them, leading to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue

Affected products

Yop-Poll: before 6.3.5 — fixed in 6.3.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Yop-Poll 6.3.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/446de364-720e-41ec-b80e-7678c8f4ad80
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/446de364-720e-41ec-b80e-7678c8f4ad80

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