CVE-2022-1581

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.

CVSS v3 5.3 MEDIUM

5.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c1896ab9-9585-40e2-abbf-ef5153b3c6b2	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.hightechdad.com/2009/12/21/warning-wp-polls-wordpress-poll-plugin-can-be-exploited/	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c1896ab9-9585-40e2-abbf-ef5153b3c6b2	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.hightechdad.com/2009/12/21/warning-wp-polls-wordpress-poll-plugin-can-be-exploited/	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:wp-polls_project:wp-polls:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 06:41

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c1896ab9-9585-40e2-abbf-ef5153b3c6b2 - Exploit, Third Party Advisory~~	() https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c1896ab9-9585-40e2-abbf-ef5153b3c6b2 - Exploit, Third Party Advisory
References	~~() https://www.hightechdad.com/2009/12/21/warning-wp-polls-wordpress-poll-plugin-can-be-exploited/ - Exploit, Third Party Advisory~~	() https://www.hightechdad.com/2009/12/21/warning-wp-polls-wordpress-poll-plugin-can-be-exploited/ - Exploit, Third Party Advisory

23 Nov 2022, 15:51

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2022-11-21 11:15

Updated : 2025-04-30 15:15

NVD link : CVE-2022-1581

Mitre link : CVE-2022-1581

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-1581

JSON object : View

Products Affected

wp-polls_project

wp-polls

CWE

No CWE.

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