VulnerabilityModified
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.
MEDIUM 5.3EPSS 0.65%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.65%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.65% probability · 49th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- wp-polls project/wp-polls
- Source
- contact@wpscan.com
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c1896ab9-9585-40e2-abbf-ef5153b3c6b2Exploit, 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-ef5153b3c6b2Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.hightechdad.com/2009/12/21/warning-wp-polls-wordpress-poll-plugin-can-be-exploited/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.