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.
History

Wed, 09 Oct 2024 16:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wp-buy
Wp-buy limit Login Attempts
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:wp-buy:limit_login_attempts:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Wp-buy
Wp-buy limit Login Attempts
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 08 Oct 2024 08:45:00 +0000

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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.
Title Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection) <= 5.3 - IP Address Spoofing to Protection Mechanism Bypass
Weaknesses CWE-348
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2024-10-08T08:33:17.452Z

Updated: 2024-10-09T15:44:39.064Z

Reserved: 2022-12-16T01:14:22.430Z

Link: CVE-2022-4534

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-10-09T15:44:33.595Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-10-08T09:15:07.773

Modified: 2024-10-10T12:56:30.817

Link: CVE-2022-4534

cve-icon Redhat

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