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CVE-2017-18520: The democracy-poll plugin before 5.4 for WordPress has XSS via update_l10n in admin/class.DemAdminInit.php.

medium Affects democracy-poll (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

The democracy-poll plugin before 5.4 for WordPress has XSS via update_l10n in admin/class.DemAdminInit.php.

Package
democracy-poll (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<5.4
Fixed in
5.4
Severity
medium  CVSS 6.1
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (60.0th percentile)
Published
2019-08-20
Source
nvd

References

CWE-79
NVD recorddemocracy-poll (WordPress plugin) advisories

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