CVE-2026-14840

Published: Aug 1, 2026Modified: Aug 26, 2026Deferred

5.3

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 1.4

Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)

Description

The YOP Poll WordPress plugin before 7.0.6 does not validate the connection's origin IP address and instead trusts client-controlled forwarding headers when enforcing its per-IP vote restriction, allowing unauthenticated attackers to bypass the vote limit and cast unlimited votes on a public poll.

Related CWEs

CWE-290

Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

This attack-focused weakness is caused by incorrectly implemented authentication schemes that are subject to spoofing attacks.

References (1)

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/fc810ca2-3f27-414d-b94a-68842925b7c6/

Source: contact@wpscan.com

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