CVE-2025-3470
📋 TL;DR
This SQL injection vulnerability in the TS Poll WordPress plugin allows authenticated attackers with Administrator privileges to execute arbitrary SQL queries. Attackers can extract sensitive information from the database, including user credentials and other confidential data. Only WordPress sites using vulnerable versions of the TS Poll plugin are affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- TS Poll – Survey, Versus Poll, Image Poll, Video Poll WordPress plugin
⚠️ Manual Verification Required
This CVE does not have specific version information in our database, so automatic vulnerability detection cannot determine if your system is affected.
Why? The CVE database entry doesn't specify which versions are vulnerable (no version ranges provided by the vendor/NVD).
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- Review the CVE details at NVD
- Check vendor security advisories for your specific version
- Test if the vulnerability is exploitable in your environment
- Consider updating to the latest version as a precaution
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete database compromise leading to data exfiltration, privilege escalation, or site takeover
Likely Case
Extraction of sensitive data like user credentials, personal information, or plugin-specific data
If Mitigated
Limited impact due to required administrator authentication and proper network segmentation
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires administrator credentials but SQL injection is straightforward once authenticated
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 2.4.7 or later
Vendor Advisory: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/poll-wp/tags/2.4.7
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel
2. Navigate to Plugins → Installed Plugins
3. Find TS Poll plugin
4. Click 'Update Now' if available
5. If no update available, download version 2.4.7+ from WordPress repository
6. Deactivate old version, upload new version, activate
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Temporary Plugin Deactivation
allDisable the vulnerable plugin until patched
wp plugin deactivate poll-wp
Web Application Firewall Rule
allBlock SQL injection patterns targeting the s parameter
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Remove administrator access from untrusted users
- Implement network segmentation to isolate WordPress database
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel → Plugins → TS Poll version numberCheck Version:
wp plugin list --name=poll-wp --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Confirm plugin version is 2.4.7 or higher in WordPress admin📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual SQL queries in WordPress debug logs
- Multiple failed login attempts followed by successful admin login
Network Indicators:
- HTTP POST requests to admin-ajax.php with SQL patterns in s parameter
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress" AND (uri_path="*/admin-ajax.php" AND query_string="*s=*" AND (query_string="*UNION*" OR query_string="*SELECT*" OR query_string="*INSERT*"))