Vulnerability · Published Jan 23, 2023 · Assigned by WPScan
CVE-2022-4746FluentAuth < 1.0.2 - Bypass blocks by IP Spoofing
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity authentication bypass by spoofing in FluentAuth from Unknown. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 55% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 45.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
The FluentAuth WordPress plugin before 1.0.2 prioritizes getting a visitor's IP address from certain HTTP headers over PHP's REMOTE_ADDR, which makes it possible to bypass the IP-based blocks set by the plugin.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | FluentAuth | 0 – before 1.0.2 |
Weakness: CWE-290 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/62e3babc-00c6-4a35-972f-8f03ba70ba32 exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description