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WordPress Plugin: rsfirewall: CVE-2021-4226: Use of Less Trusted Source

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
Apr 13, 2022
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
May 5, 2026

Description

The RSFirewall! plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Address Spoofing in versions less than and equal to 1.1.24 due to insufficient IP address validation. This makes it possible for attackers to bypass blocks and access services they should not be able to.

Solution

rsfirewall-plugin-cve-2021-4226
Title
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