CVE-2022-4100

MEDIUM

WP Cerber Security <9.4 - Auth Bypass

Title source: llm

Description

The WP Cerber Security plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Protection bypass in versions up to, and including 9.4 due to the plugin improperly checking for a visitor's IP address. This makes it possible for an attacker whose IP address has been blocked to bypass this control by setting the X-Forwarded-For: HTTP header to an IP Address that hasn't been blocked.

References (2)

[Patch] https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2865322/wp-cerber/trunk/cerber-common.php

[Third Party Advisory] https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/03ccd474-42f4-4cbb-823e-93fe4db1bf80?source=cve

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3

EPSS 0.0008

EPSS Percentile 23.6%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Classification

CWE

CWE-693

Status published

Affected Products (1)

wpcerber/cerber_security_antispam_\&_malware_scan < 9.5

Timeline

Published Aug 31, 2024

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026