CVE-2022-4533 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2022-4533

Limit Login Attempts Plus <= 1.1.0 - IP Address Spoofing to Protection Mechanism Bypass

Vulnerability Description

The Limit Login Attempts Plus plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Address Spoofing in versions up to, and including, 1.1.0. 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.

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:

  • Mohammadreza Rashidi

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Affected Vendor

devfelixmoira

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Affected Software

Limit Login Attempts Plus – WordPress Limit Login Attempts By Felix
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: September 19th, 2024
Last Modified: April 8th, 2026
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:L/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-348

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.