Login Block IPs <= 1.0.0 - IP Spoofing to Protection Mechanism Bypass

2022-09-05 00:00

Daniel Ruf

Strategic Overview

Status

Unpatched

Affected PluginLogin Block IPs

Affected Version*

CVSS5.3Medium

CVECVE-2022-1579

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Vulnerability Overview

The Login Block IPs plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Address Spoofing in versions up to and including 1.0.0. This is due to insufficient restrictions on where the IP Address information is being retrieved in the check_is_login_page() function . Attackers can supply the HTTP_CLIENT_IP header with with a different IP Address that can be used to bypass any blocks.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement. --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-348 (Use of Less Trusted Source) The product has two different sources of the same data or information, but it uses the source that has less support for verification, is less trusted, or is less resistant to attack.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1579 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3e772760-f390-417f-82d0-f415a6ef837d

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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