WP-EMail Plugin up to 2.68.x on WordPress REMOTE_ADDR access control

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A vulnerability was found in WP-EMail Plugin up to 2.68.x on WordPress. It has been rated as critical. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation of the argument REMOTE_ADDR leads to access control. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2022-1614. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability was found in WP-EMail Plugin up to 2.68.x on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument REMOTE_ADDR with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was released 06/20/2022. It is possible to read the advisory at wpscan.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-1614 since 05/06/2022. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 2.69.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• WordPress Plugin

Name

• WP-EMail Plugin

Version

• 2.0
• 2.1
• 2.2
• 2.3
• 2.4
• 2.5
• 2.6
• 2.7
• 2.8
• 2.9
• 2.10
• 2.11
• 2.12
• 2.13
• 2.14
• 2.15
• 2.16
• 2.17
• 2.18
• 2.19
• 2.20
• 2.21
• 2.22
• 2.23
• 2.24
• 2.25
• 2.26
• 2.27
• 2.28
• 2.29
• 2.30
• 2.31
• 2.32
• 2.33
• 2.34
• 2.35
• 2.36
• 2.37
• 2.38
• 2.39
• 2.40
• 2.41
• 2.42
• 2.43
• 2.44
• 2.45
• 2.46
• 2.47
• 2.48
• 2.49
• 2.50
• 2.51
• 2.52
• 2.53
• 2.54
• 2.55
• 2.56
• 2.57
• 2.58
• 2.59
• 2.60
• 2.61
• 2.62
• 2.63
• 2.64
• 2.65
• 2.66
• 2.67
• 2.68

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