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.
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Wed, 09 Oct 2024 16:15:00 +0000
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CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:wp-buy:limit_login_attempts:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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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 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Wordfence
Published:
Updated: 2024-10-09T15:44:39.064Z
Reserved: 2022-12-16T01:14:22.430Z
Link: CVE-2022-4534

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

Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2024-10-08T09:15:07.773
Modified: 2024-10-10T12:56:30.817
Link: CVE-2022-4534

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