CVEvulnerability

CVE-2022-4539

5.3 MEDIUM Published 2024-08-31 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2024-08-31
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-345, CWE-348

Description

The Web Application Firewall plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Address Spoofing in versions up to, and including, 2.1.2. 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.

Affected configurations

• miniorange web application firewall (< 2.1.3)

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-345 Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity weakness
  • CWE-348 Use of Less Trusted Source weakness

References