WordPress plugin
iQ Block Country <= 1.2.13 — Protection Bypass due to IP Spoofing
CVE-2022-1762Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤1.2.13Update to 1.2.17 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium5.3
- CVSS
- 5.3CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:NAvailability- None
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
iQ Block Country iq-block-country
- Affected≤ 1.2.13
- Patched in1.2.17
Update to 1.2.17 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 1.2.13. Version 1.2.17 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under iQ Block Country.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 1.2.17, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch iQ Block Country to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Daniel Ruf.
The iQ Block Country WordPress plugin through 1.2.13 does not properly checks HTTP headers in order to validate the origin IP address, allowing threat actors to bypass it's block feature by spoofing the headers.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in iQ Block Country
All 5| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium5.3 | Country Blocking Bypass ≤1.2.18Update to 1.2.19 | CVE-2022-41155 | |
| Medium6.8 | Admin+ Arbitrary File Deletion via Zip Slip <1.2.13Update to 1.2.13 | CVE-2022-0246 | |
| Medium5.5 | Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤1.2.11Update to 1.2.12 | CVE-2021-36873 | |
| Medium6.1 | Reflected Cross-Site Scripting <1.1.20Update to 1.1.20 | — |
- Medium5.3Country Blocking Bypass
≤1.2.18Update to 1.2.19
- Medium6.8Admin+ Arbitrary File Deletion via Zip Slip
<1.2.13Update to 1.2.13
- Medium5.5Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤1.2.11Update to 1.2.12
- Medium6.1Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
<1.1.20Update to 1.1.20
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 5.3
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- [object Object]. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.