CVE-2022-1579 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The function check_is_login_page() uses headers for the IP check, which can be easily spoofed.

Published: 2022-11-21

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

Login Block IPs

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	≤ 1.0.0

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gunkastudios:login_block_ips:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-24870	The function check_is_login_page() uses headers for the IP check, which can be easily spoofed.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00254.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6f3d40fa-458b-44f0-9407-763e80b29668

History

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Gunkastudios Login Block Ips

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2022-11-21T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-30T14:58:30.475Z

Reserved: 2022-05-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-1579

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T00:10:03.558Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-21T11:15:19.960

Modified: 2025-04-30T15:15:51.260

Link: CVE-2022-1579

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

No weakness.

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