CVE-2022-1614

WP-Email < 2.69.0 - Anti-Spam Protection Bypass via IP Spoofing

The WP-EMail WordPress plugin before 2.69.0 prioritizes getting a visitor's IP from certain HTTP headers over PHP's REMOTE_ADDR, which makes it possible to bypass IP-based anti-spamming restrictions.

Affected

WP-EMail

CVSS v3.1 NVD

7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVSS v2.0 NVD

4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

EPSS

1.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 67th percentile

Published

2022-06-20

Updated

2024-08-03

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a5940d0b-6b88-4418-87e2-02c0897bc2f1

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry