Comments Like Dislike <= 1.2.2 - IP Spoofing

2024-02-12 00:00

Kévin Mosbahi (Mika)

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.2.3

Affected PluginComments Like Dislike

Affected Version<= 1.2.2

CVSS4.3Medium

CVECVE-2024-25906

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Vulnerability Overview

The Comments Like Dislike plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Address Spoofing in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.2 due to use of user-supplied HTTP headers as a primary method for IP retrieval. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with subscriber privileges and above to bypass IP restrictions.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.2.3, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-693 (Protection Mechanism Failure) The product does not use or incorrectly uses a protection mechanism that provides sufficient defense against directed attacks against the product.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-25906 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/33275cdc-21d4-42b7-bd0e-f5154faf2d6c

CVSS Vector

4.3

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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