# CVE-2022-1581: WP-Polls < 2.76.0 - IP Validation Bypass

> Attackers can bypass IP-based voting restrictions in WP-Polls by spoofing HTTP headers, allowing unauthorized multiple votes.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 21 Nov 2022
- **Updated:** 30 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-27qm-jwxp-8whw

## What is CVE-2022-1581?

CVE-2022-1581 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Unknown WP-Polls, published on 21 Nov 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official 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.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-1581?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wp-Polls Project Wp-Polls.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-1581?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-1581 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-1581 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-1581 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown WP-Polls

- [CVE-2015-9352](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-9352/): The wp-polls plugin before 2.72 for WordPress has SQL injection. (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2016-10936](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-10936/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2024-13426](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13426/): WP-Polls <= 2.77.2 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2022-40130](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-40130/): WordPress WP-Polls plugin <= 2.76.0 - Auth. Race Condition vulnerability (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-1581 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-1581 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Unknown WP-Polls, published on 21 Nov 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-1581 exists.

Affected product: Unknown WP-Polls. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1581/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1581/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1581
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1581
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-1581

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1581/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.