CVE-2022-4539 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2022-4539

Web Application Firewall <= 2.1.2 - IP Address Spoofing to Protection Mechanism Bypass

Vulnerability 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.

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

cyberlord92

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Affected Software

Web Application Firewall – website security
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: August 31st, 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.