iQ Block Country < 1.2.20 - Protection Bypass due to IP Spoofing
CVE-2022-1762

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
Iq Block Country
Vendor
CVE Published:
13 June 2022

What is CVE-2022-1762?

The iQ Block Country WordPress plugin before 1.2.20 does not properly checks HTTP headers in order to validate the origin IP address, allowing threat actors to bypass it's block feature by spoofing the headers.

Affected Version(s)

iQ Block Country 0 < 1.2.20

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/03254977-37cc-4365-979b-...
exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
High
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Daniel Ruf
WPScan
.