CVE-2022-4534
Oct. 10, 2024, 12:56 p.m.
5.3
Medium
Description
The Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Address Spoofing in versions up to, and including, 5.3. This is due to insufficient restrictions on where the IP Address information is being retrieved for request logging and login restrictions. Attackers can supply the X-Forwarded-For header with with a different IP Address that will be logged and can be used to bypass settings that may have blocked out an IP address or country from logging in.
Product(s) Impacted
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection) plugin for WordPress |
|
Weaknesses
Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.
CWE-348
Use of Less Trusted Source
The product has two different sources of the same data or information, but it uses the source that has less support for verification, is less trusted, or is less resistant to attack.
Tags
CVSS Score
CVSS Data - 3.1
- Attack Vector: NETWORK
- Attack Complexity: LOW
- Privileges Required: NONE
- Scope: UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact: NONE
- Integrity Impact: LOW
- Availability Impact: NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Timeline
Published: Oct. 8, 2024, 9:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Oct. 10, 2024, 12:56 p.m.
Last Modified: Oct. 10, 2024, 12:56 p.m.
Status : Awaiting Analysis
CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.
More infoSource
security@wordfence.com
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