CVE-2024-3050

Site Reviews <= 6.11.8 - IP Address Spoofing to Blocking Bypass

2024-05-08 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 7.0.0
Affected Plugin: Site Reviews
Affected Version: <= 6.11.8
CVSS: 5.3Medium
Weakness type: CWE-290 · Authentication Bypass by Spoofing
CVE: CVE-2024-3050

At a glance

CVE-2024-3050 is a medium-severity Authentication Bypass by Spoofing vulnerability in the Site Reviews WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 6.11.8. It carries a CVSS score of 5.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 7.0.0; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed May 2024, reported by Maksymilian Kubiak.

Vulnerability Overview

The Site Reviews plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Address Spoofing in all versions up to, and including, 6.11.8 due to insufficient IP address validation and/or use of user-supplied HTTP headers as a primary method for IP retrieval. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass IP based blocking.

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 privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user.

CWE-290: Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

This attack-focused weakness is caused by incorrectly implemented authentication schemes that are subject to spoofing attacks.

Remediation

Update to version 7.0.0, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

The fix is the thing that ends this: Site Reviews 7.0.0 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-3050 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/667870b0-916d-4add-a391-ffcc177a3757 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-3050

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Other vulnerabilities in Site Reviews

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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