Is CVE-2022-1581 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-1581 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-1581?

CVE-2022-1581 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-1581?

CVE-2022-1581 has an EPSS score of 0.63% (46th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-1581?

Upgrade wp-polls to 2.76.0 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-1581

MEDIUM

5.3

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

How to fix

Remediation Available

wp-pollsNVD

Affected:< 2.76.0Fixed in:2.76.0CVE-2022-1581derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.63%probability of exploitation in 30 days

46thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 46% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit2

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