CVE-2022-1613

Restricted Site Access < 7.3.2 - Access Bypass via IP Spoofing

MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: September 26, 2022 at 12:35 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:22 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorRestricted Site Access

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Severity
MEDIUM5.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%
SSVC
PoC

Description

The Restricted Site Access WordPress plugin before 7.3.2 prioritizes getting a visitor's IP from certain HTTP headers over PHP's REMOTE_ADDR, which makes it possible to bypass IP-based limitations in certain situations.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 7.3.2
Affected range stops below 7.3.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (1)

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

5.3MEDIUMCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-639

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