Security, Antivirus, Firewall Plugin up to 2.3.5 on WordPress protection mechanism

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A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Security, Antivirus, Firewall Plugin up to 2.3.5 on WordPress. This issue affects some unknown processing. Performing a manipulation results in protection mechanism. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2022-4529. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Security, Antivirus, Firewall Plugin up to 2.3.5 on WordPress. It has been classified as problematic. This affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a protection mechanism vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-693. The product does not use or incorrectly uses a protection mechanism that provides sufficient defense against directed attacks against the product. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The Security, Antivirus, Firewall – S.A.F plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Address Spoofing in versions up to, and including, 2.3.5. 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 from logging in.

The advisory is shared at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-4529 since 12/15/2022. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/06/2024).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Anti-Malware Software

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• Security, Antivirus, Firewall Plugin

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• 2.3.0
• 2.3.1
• 2.3.2
• 2.3.3
• 2.3.4
• 2.3.5

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