Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 21, 2022· Updated Apr 30, 2025
WP-Polls < 2.76.0 - IP Validation Bypass
CVE-2022-1581
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.
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Affected products
2- WordPress/WP-Polls plugindescription
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- wpscan.com/vulnerability/c1896ab9-9585-40e2-abbf-ef5153b3c6b2mitreexploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
- www.hightechdad.com/2009/12/21/warning-wp-polls-wordpress-poll-plugin-can-be-exploited/mitre
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