CVE-2023-5239

Security & Malware scan by CleanTalk < 2.121 - IP Spoofing

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The Security & Malware scan by CleanTalk WordPress plugin before 2.121 retrieves client IP addresses from potentially untrusted headers, allowing an attacker to manipulate its value. This may be used to bypass bruteforce protection.

El análisis Security & Malware del complemento CleanTalk de WordPress anterior a 2.121 recupera direcciones IP de clientes de encabezados potencialmente no confiables, lo que permite a un atacante manipular su valor. Esto puede usarse para eludir la protección de fuerza bruta.

The Security & Malware scan by CleanTalk plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Address Spoofing in versions up to, and including, 2.120. 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: Bartlomiej Marek, WPScan

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Complete

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-09-27 CVE Reserved
2023-11-06 CVE Published
2024-08-02 CVE Updated
2024-08-02 First Exploit
2024-12-17 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-348: Use of Less Trusted Source

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1d748f91-773b-49d6-8f68-a27d397713c3	2024-08-02

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Cleantalk Search vendor "Cleantalk"		Security \& Malware Scan Search vendor "Cleantalk" for product "Security \& Malware Scan"				<= 2.121 Search vendor "Cleantalk" for product "Security \& Malware Scan" and version " <= 2.121"		wordpress		Affected