Defender Security <= 4.4.1 - IP Address Spoofing

6.5
Protection Mechanism Failure
CVE CVE-2024-25595
CVSS 6.5 (Medium)
Publicly Published February 12, 2024
Last Updated February 14, 2024
Researcher beluga

Description

The Defender Security – Malware Scanner, Login Security & Firewall plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Address Spoofing in all versions up to, and including, 4.4.1 due to user-supplied HTTP headers as a primary method for IP retrieval. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass IP Address restrictions.

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1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug defender-security (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 4.4.2, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 4.4.1
Patched Version
  • 4.4.2

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