CVE-2022-1614 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2022-1614

WP-Email < 2.69.0 - Anti-Spam Protection Bypass via IP Spoofing

Vulnerability Description

The WP-EMail WordPress plugin before 2.69.0 prioritizes getting a visitor's IP from certain HTTP headers over PHP's REMOTE_ADDR, which makes it possible to bypass IP-based anti-spamming restrictions.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Daniel Ruf

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

WP-EMail
Vulnerable Versions:
2.69.0

Timeline

Official Publish: June 20th, 2022
Last Modified: August 3rd, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)