CVE-2026-27044
Published: 25 March 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-27044 is a critical-severity Code Injection (CWE-94) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 9.9 (Critical).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 18.9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI
Directly mitigates CVE-2026-27044 by requiring timely identification, reporting, and patching of the code injection flaw in Total Poll Lite versions through 4.12.0.
Prevents remote code inclusion by enforcing input validation mechanisms at plugin entry points to block malicious code injection (CWE-94).
Reduces code injection risk by restricting input types, formats, and volumes accepted by the vulnerable Total Poll Lite plugin.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
CVE describes unauthenticated RCE via code injection in a public-facing WordPress plugin, directly enabling T1190 exploitation and subsequent web shell deployment (T1505.003) for command execution.
NVD 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.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2026-27044 is an Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') vulnerability, classified under CWE-94, in the TotalSuite Total Poll Lite WordPress plugin (totalpoll-lite). It enables Remote Code Inclusion and affects all versions from n/a through 4.12.0.
With a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.9 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H), the vulnerability can be exploited remotely by an attacker with low privileges, such as an authenticated user. Exploitation requires low complexity and no user interaction, allowing the attacker to achieve high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with a change in scope, resulting in remote code execution.
The Patchstack advisory at 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 provides details on this remote code execution vulnerability in the Total Poll Lite plugin version 4.12.0.
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