The LOGIN AND REGISTRATION ATTEMPTS LIMIT plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Address Spoofing in versions up to, and including, 2.1. 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 from logging in.
History

Mon, 19 Aug 2024 18:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Sat, 17 Aug 2024 07:45:00 +0000

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Description The LOGIN AND REGISTRATION ATTEMPTS LIMIT plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Address Spoofing in versions up to, and including, 2.1. 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 from logging in.
Title LOGIN AND REGISTRATION ATTEMPTS LIMIT<= 2.1 - IP Address Spoofing to Protection Mechanism Bypass
Weaknesses CWE-348
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2024-08-17T07:34:21.670Z

Updated: 2024-08-19T17:12:44.937Z

Reserved: 2022-12-15T23:09:13.198Z

Link: CVE-2022-4532

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-19T17:12:41.049Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-08-17T08:15:04.887

Modified: 2024-08-19T13:00:23.117

Link: CVE-2022-4532

cve-icon Redhat

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