WP-EMail <= 2.68.2 - Spam Protection Bypass

2022-05-30 00:00

Daniel Ruf

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.69.0

Affected PluginWP-EMail

Affected Version< 2.69.0

CVSS6.5Medium

CVECVE-2022-1614

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Vulnerability Overview

The WP-EMail WordPress plugin before 2.69.0 prioritizes getting a visitor's IP from certain HTTP headers over PHP's REMOTE_ADDR, which makes it possible to bypass IP-based anti-spamming restrictions.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.69.0, 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-2022-1614 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/89a02485-a2a5-467d-ad19-6b267059389d

CVSS Vector

6.5

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

Base

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

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