Medium severity · published Aug 31, 2024
CVE-2022-4539
The Web Application Firewall plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Address Spoofing in versions up to, and including, 2.1.2
5.3
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Web Application Firewall plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Address Spoofing in versions up to, and including, 2.1.2. This is due to insufficient restrictions on where the IP Address information is being retrieved for request logging and login restrictions. Attackers can supply the X-Forwarded-For header with with a different IP Address that will be logged and can be used to bypass settings that may have blocked out an IP address or country from logging in.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 50% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WA
Web Application Firewall · Miniorange
before 2.1.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4539
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-4539
Patch
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3055548/web-application-firewall/trunk/helper/utility.php
Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0e99531c-8742-4f91-8525-65bb3cb06644?source=cve
