CVE-2022-1581

WP-Polls < 2.76.0 - IP Validation Bypass

State: Published
Severity: 5.3 Medium
Published: Nov 21, 2022
Updated: Apr 30, 2025
Reserved: May 4, 2022

Description

The WP-Polls WordPress plugin before 2.76.0 prioritizes getting a visitor's IP from certain HTTP headers over PHP's REMOTE_ADDR, which makes it possible to bypass IP-based limitations to vote in certain situations.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	5.3 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
WP-PollsUnknown	before 2.76.0Affected

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c1896ab9-9585-40e2-abbf-ef5153b3c6b2exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
https://www.hightechdad.com/2009/12/21/warning-wp-polls-wordpress-poll-plugin-can-be-exploited/

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