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Unknown YOP Poll — YOP Poll < 7.0.6 - Unauthenticated Vote Restriction Bypass via IP Header Spoofing
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
N L N N U L N N 5.3 .0021 11.5 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
YOP Poll 7.0.0 – —
TIMELINE
Jul 6 Reserved by WPScan
Aug 1 Published (CNA: WPScan)
Aug 4 EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-14840 (Unknown YOP Poll). Public exploit reference added.
Description
The YOP Poll WordPress plugin before 7.0.6 does not validate the connection's origin IP address and instead trusts client-controlled forwarding headers when enforcing its per-IP vote restriction, allowing unauthenticated attackers to bypass the vote limit and cast unlimited votes on a public poll.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| July 6, 2026 | Reserved | Reserved by WPScan |
| August 1, 2026 | Published | Published (CNA: WPScan) |
| August 4, 2026 | EXPLOIT PUBLISHED | EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-14840 (Unknown YOP Poll). Public exploit reference added. |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 1 row
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Unknown | YOP Poll | — | 7.0.0 | — |
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This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2026-14840 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Wednesday, August 19, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.