CVE-2022-1614

WP-EMail <= 2.68.2 - Spam Protection Bypass

mediumAuthorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

6.5

CVSS Score

6.5

CVSS Score

medium

Severity

2.69.0

Patched in

603d

Time to patch

Description

The WP-EMail WordPress plugin before 2.69.0 prioritizes getting a visitor's IP from certain HTTP headers over PHP's REMOTE_ADDR, which makes it possible to bypass IP-based anti-spamming restrictions.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Low

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<2.69.0

PublishedMay 30, 2022

Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024

Affected pluginwp-email

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/89a02485-a2a5-467d-ad19-6b267059389d?source=api-prod

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