ip2location IP2Location Country Blocker Plugin up to 2.38.8 on WordPress Setting admin_init improper authorization

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A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in ip2location IP2Location Country Blocker Plugin up to 2.38.8 on WordPress. This affects the function admin_init of the component Setting Handler. Such manipulation leads to improper authorization. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2025-1361. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in ip2location IP2Location Country Blocker Plugin up to 2.38.8 on WordPress and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is the function admin_init of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-285. The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

The IP2Location Country Blocker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Regular Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.38.8 due to missing capability checks on the admin_init() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to view the plugin's settings.

The weakness was released by abrahack. The advisory is available at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-1361 since 02/16/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/22/2025). This vulnerability is assigned to T1548.002 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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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• WordPress Plugin

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• ip2location

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• IP2Location Country Blocker Plugin

Version

• 2.38.0
• 2.38.1
• 2.38.2
• 2.38.3
• 2.38.4
• 2.38.5
• 2.38.6
• 2.38.7
• 2.38.8

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