CVE-2022-4539

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2022-4539. PoCs published by Abdurahmon3236.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This PoC demonstrates IP address spoofing in the Web Application Firewall plugin for WordPress by manipulating the X-Forwarded-For header to bypass login restrictions. It uses multithreading, proxy rotation, and dynamic headers to test the vulnerability.

The Web Application Firewall plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Address Spoofing in versions up to, and including, 2.1.2. This is due to insufficient restrictions on where the IP Address information is being retrieved for request logging and login restrictions. Attackers can supply the X-Forwarded-For header with with a different IP Address that will be logged and can be used to bypass settings that may have blocked out an IP address or country from logging in.