CVE-2022-4539
The Web Application Firewall plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Address Spoofing in versions up to, and including, 2.1.2. 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:Aug 31, 2024
Last Modified:Apr 8, 2026
EPS:Aug 31, 2024
EPSS Score:0.05147
CVSS Score:5.3
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Miniorange
Product
Web Application Firewall
Miniorange
Web Application Firewall
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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
