CVE-2026-8995 json
Poll Maker by AYS <= 6.3.7 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Sensitive Information Exposure in 'ays_poll_get_user_information' AJAX Action
published 2026-05-29 5 mo ago modified 2026-07-21 3 mo ago also EUVD-2026-33247
- cvss
- 4.3
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.3%
- EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 20%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 5 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 20% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
Affected products
- ays-pro Poll Maker by AYS – Versus Polls, Anonymous Polls, Image Polls
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
- Technology feeds
References
- wordfence.com /threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5d1ff79e-5246-422a-ae75-20763e7acd17?source=cve
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/poll-maker/tags/6.3.7/public/class-poll-maker-ays-public.php#L2967
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/poll-maker/tags/6.3.7/includes/class-poll-maker-ays.php#L318
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/poll-maker/tags/6.3.7/public/class-poll-maker-ays-public.php#L2960
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/poll-maker/tags/6.2.7/public/class-poll-maker-ays-public.php#L2967
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/poll-maker/tags/6.2.7/includes/class-poll-maker-ays.php#L318
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/poll-maker/tags/6.2.7/public/class-poll-maker-ays-public.php#L2960
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/poll-maker/tags/6.3.8/public/class-poll-maker-ays-public.php#L2959
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/poll-maker/tags/6.3.8/includes/class-poll-maker-ays.php#L318
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-8995
- NVD CVE-2026-8995
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