CVE-2022-1762 (GCVE-0-2022-1762)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-06-13 12:42 – Updated: 2024-08-03 00:16
VLAI
Title
iQ Block Country < 1.2.20 - Protection Bypass due to IP Spoofing
Summary
The iQ Block Country WordPress plugin before 1.2.20 does not properly checks HTTP headers in order to validate the origin IP address, allowing threat actors to bypass it's block feature by spoofing the headers.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
Assigner
WPScan CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 44/100 over 1690 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/03254977-37cc-43… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Unknown iQ Block Country Affected: 0 , < 1.2.20 (custom)
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Credits
Daniel Ruf WPScan
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