CVE-2022-4537
Hide My WP Ghost – Security Plugin <= 5.0.18 - IP Address Spoofing to Protection Mechanism Bypass
Severity Score
6.5
*CVSS v3.1
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
0
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
Decision
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*SSVC
Descriptions
The Hide My WP Ghost – Security Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Address Spoofing in versions up to, and including, 5.0.18. This is due to insufficient restrictions on where the IP Address information is being retrieved for request logging and login restrictions. Attackers can supply the X-Forwarded-For header with with a different IP Address that will be logged and can be used to bypass settings that may have blocked out an IP address from logging in.
*Credits:
Mohammadreza Rashidi
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
- Decision:-
Exploitation
Automatable
Tech. Impact
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
- 2022-12-16 CVE Reserved
- 2023-05-08 CVE Published
- 2024-08-03 CVE Updated
- 2024-10-19 EPSS Updated
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- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-345: Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity
- CWE-348: Use of Less Trusted Source
CAPEC
References (3)
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Wpplugins Search vendor "Wpplugins" | Hide My Wp Ghost Search vendor "Wpplugins" for product "Hide My Wp Ghost" | <= 5.0.18 Search vendor "Wpplugins" for product "Hide My Wp Ghost" and version " <= 5.0.18" | wordpress |
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