CVE-2022-4534 (GCVE-0-2022-4534)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-10-08 08:33
Modified
2024-10-09 15:44
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-348 - Use of Less Trusted Source
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
wp-buy Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection) Version: *   ≤ 5.3
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