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CVE-2022-4539 Details

Description

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.3 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3055548/web-application-firewall/trunk/helper/utility.php	[email protected]	Patch
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0e99531c-8742-4f91-8525-65bb3cb06644?source=cve	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-345	Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity	[email protected]
CWE-348	Use of Less Trusted Source	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
miniorange web application firewall	< 2.1.3
CPE cpe:2.3:a:miniorange:web_application_firewall::::::wordpress::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

4 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	CISA-ADP
Sep 19, 2024	Initial Analysis	[email protected]
Aug 31, 2024	New CVE Received	[email protected]