CVE-2022-4537 (GCVE-0-2022-4537)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-05-09 02:47 – Updated: 2026-04-08 16:51
VLAI?
Title
Hide My WP Ghost – Security Plugin <= 5.0.18 - IP Address Spoofing to Protection Mechanism Bypass
Summary
The Hide My WP Ghost – Security Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Address Spoofing in versions up to, and including, 5.0.18. 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 ?
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-348 - Use of Less Trusted Source
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
johndarrel WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall Affected: 0 , ≤ 5.0.18 (semver)
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Credits
Mohammadreza Rashidi
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