IP2Location Country Blocker <= 2.38.8 — Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Information Exposure via admin_init Function
CVE-2025-1361Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤2.38.8Update to 2.38.9 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High7.5
- CVSS
- 7.5CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/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:HConfidentiality- High
I:NIntegrity- None
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-285 Improper Authorization
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
IP2Location Country Blocker ip2location-country-blocker
- Affected≤ 2.38.8
- Patched in2.38.9
Update to 2.38.9 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 2.38.8. Version 2.38.9 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under IP2Location Country Blocker.
- 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 2.38.9, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch IP2Location Country Blocker to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to abrahack.
The IP2Location Country Blocker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Regular Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.38.8 due to missing capability checks on the admin_init() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to view the plugin's settings.
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 IP2Location Country Blocker
All 10| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium5.3 | IP Soofing ≤2.44.0Update to 2.45.0 | CVE-2026-82530 | |
| Medium4.4 | Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤2.38.3Update to 2.38.4 | CVE-2025-24731 | |
| Medium4.3 | Cross-Site Request Forgery ≤2.34.2Update to 2.34.3 | CVE-2024-32443 | |
| Medium5.3 | Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure via Debug Log File ≤2.33.3Update to 2.33.4 | CVE-2024-22294 | |
| Medium6.5 | Bypass via IP Spoofing ≤2.29.1Update to 2.29.2 | CVE-2023-37865 |
- Medium5.3IP Soofing
≤2.44.0Update to 2.45.0
- Medium4.4Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤2.38.3Update to 2.38.4
- Medium4.3Cross-Site Request Forgery
≤2.34.2Update to 2.34.3
- Medium5.3Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure via Debug Log File
≤2.33.3Update to 2.33.4
- Medium6.5Bypass via IP Spoofing
≤2.29.1Update to 2.29.2
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 7.5
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.