5.5

CVE-2022-34656: wordpress polls-widget Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
Published 06-09-2022Last modified 28-04-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-34656 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in wordpress polls-widget. EPSS estimates a 0.54% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44.7% of scored vulnerabilities. Fixed in 1.7.5.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (wordfence)
EPSS score
0.54%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 06-09-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 28-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Authenticated (admin+) Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wpdevart Poll, Survey, Questionnaire and Voting system plugin <= 1.7.4 at WordPress.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.54%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

45%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.53% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.54%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Wpdevart2 products
Wordpress1 product
  • polls-widget≤ 1.7.4 (fixed in 1.7.5)

2 vendors · 3 products

References

3 links