CVE-2022-4746 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The FluentAuth WordPress plugin before 1.0.2 prioritizes getting a visitor's IP address from certain HTTP headers over PHP's REMOTE_ADDR, which makes it possible to bypass the IP-based blocks set by the plugin.

Published: 2023-01-23

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

FluentAuth

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 1.0.2

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wpmanageninja:fluentauth:*:*:*:*:*: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-2022-52044	The FluentAuth WordPress plugin before 1.0.2 prioritizes getting a visitor's IP address from certain HTTP headers over PHP's REMOTE_ADDR, which makes it possible to bypass the IP-based blocks set by the plugin.

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 0.00169.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/62e3babc-00c6-4a35-972f-8f03ba70ba32

History

Wed, 02 Apr 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Wpmanageninja Fluentauth

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-01-23T14:31:33.275Z

Updated: 2025-04-02T15:49:16.779Z

Reserved: 2022-12-27T04:31:29.861Z

Link: CVE-2022-4746

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:48:40.395Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-23T15:15:17.303

Modified: 2025-04-02T16:15:29.073

Link: CVE-2022-4746

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-290

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