Vulnerability · Published Sep 9, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

CVE-2026-82530IP2Location Country Blocker < 2.45.0 Access Control Bypass via X-Real-IP Header

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity authentication bypass by spoofing in IP2Location Country Blocker from IP2Location. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 39% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 61.3% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

IP2Location Country Blocker plugin for WordPress before 2.45.0 contains an access control bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to circumvent IP-based restrictions by forging the X-Real-IP HTTP header. Attackers can set the X-Real-IP header to an allowlisted IP address to bypass page, link, or site-wide access restrictions and access otherwise-blocked resources.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
IP2Location	IP2Location Country Blocker	0 – before 2.45.0

Weakness: CWE-290 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

References

Plugin Changelog release-notes
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ip2location-country-blocker-access-control-bypass-via-x-real-ip-header third-party-advisory