Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 1.2.3
- Affected Plugin
- Comments Like Dislike
- Affected Version
<= 1.2.2- CVSS
- 4.3Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-693 · Protection Mechanism Failure
- CVE
CVE-2024-25906
At a glance
CVE-2024-25906 is a medium-severity Protection Mechanism Failure vulnerability in the Comments Like Dislike WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.2.2. It carries a CVSS score of 4.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). The issue is fixed in version 1.2.3; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed February 2024, reported by Kévin Mosbahi (Mika).
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
The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no interaction from a victim user.
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.
Remediation
Update to version 1.2.3, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
The fix is the thing that ends this: Comments Like Dislike 1.2.3 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
- Alerts
External References
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Other vulnerabilities in Comments Like Dislike
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