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    1 vulnerability by msoftplugins

    CVE-2022-4529 (GCVE-0-2022-4529)

    Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-09-05 11:00 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:23
    VLAI
    Title
    Security, Antivirus, Firewall – S.A.F <= 2.3.5 - IP Address Spoofing to Protection Mechanism Bypass
    Summary
    The Security, Antivirus, Firewall – S.A.F plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Address Spoofing in versions up to, and including, 2.3.5. 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 from logging in.
    Severity
    5.3 (Medium)
    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
    SSVC
    Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
    CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
    CWE
    • CWE-348 - Use of Less Trusted Source
    Assigner
    References
    Impacted products
    Credits
    Mohammadreza Rashidi
    Show details on NVD website
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