Medium severity · published Sep 9, 2026
CVE-2026-82530
IP2Location Country Blocker < 2.45.0 Access Control Bypass via X-Real-IP Header
5.3
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
IP2Location Country Blocker plugin for WordPress before 2.45.0 contains an access control bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to circumvent IP-based restrictions by forging the X-Real-IP HTTP header. Attackers can set the X-Real-IP header to an allowlisted IP address to bypass page, link, or site-wide access restrictions and access otherwise-blocked resources.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 38% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IC
IP2Location Country Blocker · IP2Location
before 2.45.0 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-82530
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-82530
release-notes
https://wordpress.org/plugins/ip2location-country-blocker/#developers
third-party-advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ip2location-country-blocker-access-control-bypass-via-x-real-ip-header
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