CVE-2022-4534
Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection) <= 5.3 - IP Address Spoofing to Protection Mechanism Bypass
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.3 Medium
- Published
- Oct 8, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Reserved
- Dec 16, 2022
Description
The Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Address Spoofing in versions up to, and including, 5.3. 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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 5.3 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N | Wordfence |
Weaknesses
- CWE-348 Use of Less Trusted Source
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection)wp-buy |
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References
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