CVE-2022-40130: Auth. (subscriber+) Race Condition vulnerability in WP-Polls plugin <= 2.76.0 on WordPress.

medium Affects wp-polls (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published 2022-11-18; advisory modified 2026-06-17.

Auth. (subscriber+) Race Condition vulnerability in WP-Polls plugin <= 2.76.0 on WordPress.

Package: wp-polls (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions: <2.77.0
Fixed in: 2.77.0
Severity: medium CVSS 4.3
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 0% (37.1th percentile)
Published: 2022-11-18
Source: nvd

References

CWE-362

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