CVE-2022-4534

CVSS V2 None CVSS V3 None

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2022-4534

Assigner
Wordfence

Vulnerability Status
PUBLISHED

Published Version
2024-10-08T08:33:17.452Z

Last Modified Date
2024-10-08T08:33:17.452Z

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/561ec1b2-ee26-4e0c-b437-d70b04be5b4c?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-limit-failed-login-attempts/tags/5.3/login.php#L466
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3163023/

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4534
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-4534

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2024-10-09 12:06:20				Added to TrackCVE