CVE-2022-4536

IP Vault – WP Firewall <= 1.1 - IP Address Spoofing to Protection Mechanism Bypass

MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: August 31, 2024 at 08:35 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:21 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorTwo Factor Authentication

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Severity
MEDIUM5.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

The IP Vault – WP Firewall plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Address Spoofing in versions up to, and including, 1.1. 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.

Affected

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

v ≤ 1.1v < 2.1
Affected range stops below 2.1, 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:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

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CVSS

5.3MEDIUMWordfence
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-348NVD-CWE-Other

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