IP2Location Country Blocker <= 2.38.8 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Information Exposure via admin_init Function
36Vexday Risk Score
Patch soon. It has a working public exploit.
ssvc Attendcvss 7.5epss 1.3%
exploitation probability
1.3%top 32% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected products
ip2location · IP2Location Country BlockerReferences
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ip2location-country-blocker/trunk/ip2location-country-blocker.php#L114https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3244193/https://wordpress.org/plugins/ip2location-country-blocker/#developershttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b63bc2b6-1abc-4cfa-a7e5-3995640f66a7?source=cve