CVE-2022-4539
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CVSS Score
V3.1EPSS Score
v2023.03.01There is a 0.0% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.
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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.
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WordPress Vulnerability
Identified and analyzed by Wordfence
Software Type
Patch Status
Published
Software Details
Software Name
Web Application Firewall – website security
Software Slug
web-application-firewall
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Remediation
Update to version 2.1.3, or a newer patched version
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CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
References
Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: August 31, 2024, Modified: August 31, 2024