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Democracy Poll vulnerabilities

Democracy Poll has 2 known vulnerabilities in this database. The most recent published record is dated 21 Aug 2019.

Known vulnerabilities
2
Active installs
7,000+
Latest version
6.5.0
Last updated
22 Jul 2026
Most recent
21 Aug 2019

Find it in your WordPress dashboard under Plugins. Severity is based on the CVSS score published with the CVE where one is available.

VulnerabilitySeverityAffectedFixPublished
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF)
CVE-2017-18521
High 8.8Before 5.4Fixed in 5.421 Aug 2019
Cross-site scripting (XSS)
CVE-2017-18520
Medium 6.1Before 5.4Fixed in 5.420 Aug 2019
Read the published descriptions
CVE-2017-18521, 21 Aug 2019
The democracy-poll plugin before 5.4 for WordPress has CSRF via wp-admin/options-general.php?page=democracy-poll&subpage=l10n. CVE record
CVE-2017-18520, 20 Aug 2019
The democracy-poll plugin before 5.4 for WordPress has XSS via update_l10n in admin/class.DemAdminInit.php. CVE record

What to do if you run Democracy Poll

If you run Democracy Poll, open WordPress and check the installed version in Plugins. Compare it with the affected versions in the vulnerability record. If a fixed version is available, take a current backup and update to that version or the latest supported release.

If no fixed version exists, consider disabling and removing the plugin or replacing it with a maintained alternative. After dealing with the affected software, check administrator users, unexpected file changes, redirects, unfamiliar pages and security logs for signs that the site may already have been altered.

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