vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: fluent-security: CVE-2022-4746: Use of Less Trusted Source
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N) | Dec 27, 2022 | May 15, 2025 | May 5, 2026 |
Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
Dec 27, 2022
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
May 5, 2026
Description
The FluentAuth plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Address Spoofing in versions up to, and including, 1.0.1. 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.
Solution
fluent-security-plugin-cve-2022-4746
References
Rapid7 Labs
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