Known vulnerabilities in Democracy Poll

WordPress polls plugin with multiple-choice, custom answers, cache compatibility, widgets, and shortcodes. Documentation

3Reported vulnerabilities

8.8Highest CVSS score

6.5.0Latest version

7,000+Active installs

What to do now

Update Democracy Poll to 6.0.4 or later. 3 of these have a fixed version available. Updating resolves them.

Plugin last updated: July 22, 2026 / Tested up to WordPress: 7.0.4 / View on wordpress.org

Reported vulnerabilities

Ordered by how urgently they need attention — whether a vulnerability is actually being exploited, and how likely exploitation is, rather than CVSS severity alone.

CVE	Severity	Exploit probability next 30 days	Affected versions	Fixed in	Published
CVE-2017-18521	High 8.8	0.7%	Before 5.4	`5.4`	August 21, 2019
CVE-2017-18520	Medium 6.1	0.9%	Before 5.4	`5.4`	August 20, 2019
CVE-2024-33920	Medium 5.3	0.4%	6.0.3 and earlier	`6.0.4`	April 29, 2024

Sources: vulnerability records from NVD, exploitation from CISA KEV, exploit probability from EPSS. Affected versions come from CPE ranges or from the reporting CNA.