CVE-2022-4303
WP Limit Login Attempts <= 2.6.4 - IP Spoofing to Protection Mechanism Bypass
mediumUse of Less Trusted Source
6.5
CVSS Score
6.5
CVSS Score
medium
Severity
Unpatched
Patched in
N/A
Time to patch
Description
The WP Limit Login Attempts plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Address Spoofing in versions up to, and including, 2.6.4. This is due to the plugin prioritizing obtaining a visitor's IP address from a spoofable HTTP header over PHP's REMOTE_ADDR. Attackers can supply a header with with a different IP Address that can be used to bypass settings that may have blocked out an IP address.
CVSS Vector Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:NAttack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Low
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
Technical Details
Affected versions
<=2.6.4PublishedDecember 27, 2022
Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024
Affected pluginwp-limit-login-attempts
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