CVE-2025-1361
IP2Location Country Blocker <= 2.38.8 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Information Exposure via admin_init Function
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.5 High
- Published
- Feb 22, 2025
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Reserved
- Feb 15, 2025
Description
The IP2Location Country Blocker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Regular Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.38.8 due to missing capability checks on the admin_init() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to view the plugin's settings.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.5 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N | Wordfence |
Weaknesses
- CWE-285 Improper Authorization
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
IP2Location Country Blockerip2location |
|
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b63bc2b6-1abc-4cfa-a7e5-3995640f66a7?source=cve
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/ip2location-country-blocker/#developers
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ip2location-country-blocker/trunk/ip2location-country-blocker.php#L114
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3244193/
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