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    CVE-2022-4534

    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.

    Published:Oct 8, 2024
    Last Modified:Apr 15, 2026
    EPS:Oct 8, 2024
    EPSS Score:0.00059
    CVSS Score:5.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Wp-buy
    Product
    Limit Login Attempts

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-348 Use of Less Trusted Source

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High