CVE-2022-4100

The WP Cerber Security plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Protection bypass in versions up to, and including 9.4 due to the plugin improperly checking for a visitor's IP address. This makes it possible for an attacker whose IP address has been blocked to bypass this control by setting the X-Forwarded-For: HTTP header to an IP Address that hasn't been blocked.

CVSS v3 5.3 MEDIUM

5.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2865322/wp-cerber/trunk/cerber-common.php	Patch
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/03ccd474-42f4-4cbb-823e-93fe4db1bf80?source=cve	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:wpcerber:cerber_security_antispam_\&_malware_scan:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2024-08-31 09:15

Updated : 2024-09-20 00:08

NVD link : CVE-2022-4100

Mitre link : CVE-2022-4100

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-4100

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Products Affected

wpcerber

cerber_security_antispam_\&_malware_scan

CWE

CWE-693

Protection Mechanism Failure

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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