Gallup Poll Bugs Open Door to Election Misinformation

The Gallup polling company hastened to rectify cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities from its website that were leaving it open to potential manipulation of polling and research outcomes. As the US presidential election season advances, this kind of weakness raises concerns due to the continuing widespread targeting by misinformation. Cybersecurity researchers discovered the flaws and suggested data is properly encoded and content security policy tweaked to prevent similar flaws.