WP Cerber Security <= 9.4 - IP Protection Bypass

2024-08-30 00:00

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Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 9.5

Affected PluginWP Cerber Security, Anti-spam & Malware Scan

Affected Version<= 9.4

CVSS5.3Medium

CVECVE-2022-4100

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Vulnerability Overview

The WP Cerber Security plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Protection bypass in versions up to, and including 9.4 due to the plugin improperly checking for a visitor's IP address. This makes it possible for an attacker whose IP address has been blocked to bypass this control by setting the X-Forwarded-For: HTTP header to an IP Address that hasn't been blocked.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 9.5, 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-2022-4100 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/03ccd474-42f4-4cbb-823e-93fe4db1bf80

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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