iQ Block Country <= 1.2.13 - Protection Bypass due to IP Spoofing

2022-05-17 00:00

Daniel Ruf

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.2.17

Affected PluginiQ Block Country

Affected Version<= 1.2.13

CVSS5.3Medium

CVECVE-2022-1762

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Vulnerability Overview

The iQ Block Country WordPress plugin through 1.2.13 does not properly checks HTTP headers in order to validate the origin IP address, allowing threat actors to bypass it's block feature by spoofing the headers.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.2.17, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key) The system's authorization functionality does not prevent one user from gaining access to another user's data or record by modifying the key value identifying the data.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1762 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5f388049-b453-406c-abdf-2a51c7abed2d

CVSS Vector

5.3

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

Base

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

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