WordPress WAF Vulnerable to IP Address Spoofing
CVE-2022-4539

5.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Web Application Firewall – Website Security
Vendor
CVE Published:
31 August 2024

Summary

The Web Application Firewall plugin for WordPress is susceptible to IP Address Spoofing due to insufficient filtering of the IP Address information utilized for logging and enforcing login restrictions. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability by modifying the X-Forwarded-For header to present a falsified IP Address. This manipulation can allow attackers to bypass restrictions that are designed to prevent access from specific IP addresses or geographical locations, thus compromising the integrity of the access control measures implemented by the website.

Affected Version(s)

Web Application Firewall – website security * <= 2.1.2

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3055548/web-...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Mohammadreza Rashidi
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