CVE-2022-4532

CVSS V2 None CVSS V3 None

Description

The LOGIN AND REGISTRATION ATTEMPTS LIMIT plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Address Spoofing in versions up to, and including, 2.1. 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 from logging in.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2022-4532

Assigner
Wordfence

Vulnerability Status
PUBLISHED

Published Version
2024-08-17T07:34:21.670Z

Last Modified Date
2024-08-17T07:34:21.670Z

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-348	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/348.html

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/50421e90-ccd6-4896-8041-b99279314301?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/login-attempts-limit-wp/trunk/includes/Ip.php#L41

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4532
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-4532

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2024-08-18 12:03:21				Added to TrackCVE