techjewel Fluent Forms Plugin up to 5.2.12 on WordPress IP Address Validation improper authentication

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A vulnerability was found in techjewel Fluent Forms Plugin up to 5.2.12 on WordPress. It has been rated as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component IP Address Validation. The manipulation leads to improper authentication. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-13666. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in techjewel Fluent Forms Plugin up to 5.2.12 on WordPress. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the component IP Address Validation. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Address Spoofing in all versions up to, and including, 5.2.12 due to insufficient IP address validation and use of user-supplied HTTP headers as a primary method for IP retrieval. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers spoof their IP address and submit forms that may have IP-based restrictions.

The weakness was released by Khayal Farzaliyev. It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-13666 since 01/23/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

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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• techjewel

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• Fluent Forms Plugin

Version

• 5.2.0
• 5.2.1
• 5.2.2
• 5.2.3
• 5.2.4
• 5.2.5
• 5.2.6
• 5.2.7
• 5.2.8
• 5.2.9
• 5.2.10
• 5.2.11
• 5.2.12

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