vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: iq-block-country: CVE-2022-1762: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) | May 17, 2022 | May 15, 2025 | May 5, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
May 17, 2022
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
May 5, 2026
Description
The iQ Block Country WordPress plugin through 1.2.13 does not properly checks HTTP headers in order to validate the origin IP address, allowing threat actors to bypass it's block feature by spoofing the headers.
Solution
iq-block-country-plugin-cve-2022-1762
References
Rapid7 Labs
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