vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: defender-security: CVE-2024-25595: Protection Mechanism Failure
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N) | Feb 12, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | May 4, 2026 |
Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
Feb 12, 2024
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
May 4, 2026
Description
The Defender Security – Malware Scanner, Login Security and Firewall plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Address Spoofing in all versions up to, and including, 4.4.1 due to user-supplied HTTP headers as a primary method for IP retrieval. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass IP Address restrictions.
Solution
defender-security-plugin-cve-2024-25595
References
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-25595
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e014d8b6-9ce3-40ec-862e-ab5f220f1b6d?source=api-prod
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2024-22923
- CVE-2024-25595
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2024-25595
- CWE-290
- EUVD-EUVD-2024-22923
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