What the vulnerability does
01Description
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.
Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms
02Summary
Poll Maker by AYS exposes sensitive information to authenticated users with low privileges. The plugin does not properly restrict access to poll data and user responses, allowing logged-in users to view information they should not have access to. This affects all versions up to 6.3.7. Update to a version newer than 6.3.7 to resolve the issue.
What an attacker can do
03Attacker Capabilities
View poll data and user responses they should not have access to.
Potential impact on your site
04Site Impact
Authenticated users can access private poll results and responses, compromising poll confidentiality.
Conditions required to exploit
05Prerequisites
Attacker must be logged in as a low-privilege user (subscriber or contributor).
Key dates
06Disclosure timeline
May 29, 2026
CVE published
May 29, 2026
Record updated
