Vulnerability · Published Aug 31, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2022-4100WP Cerber Security <= 9.4 - IP Protection Bypass
Medium 5.3
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in WP Cerber Security, Anti-spam & Malware Scan from gioni. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 28% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The WP Cerber Security plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Protection bypass in versions up to, and including 9.4 due to the plugin improperly checking for a visitor's IP address. This makes it possible for an attacker whose IP address has been blocked to bypass this control by setting the X-Forwarded-For: HTTP header to an IP Address that hasn't been blocked.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| gioni | WP Cerber Security, Anti-spam & Malware Scan | 0 – through 9.4 |
Weakness: CWE-693 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N