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TI-2022-04139 Aliases CVE-2022-4532GHSA-65mw-h472-cfq6

LOGIN AND REGISTRATION ATTEMPTS LIMIT<= 2.1 - IP Address Spoofing to Protection Mechanism Bypass

Priority LOW 28CWE-348Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

The LOGIN AND REGISTRATION ATTEMPTS LIMIT plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Address Spoofing in versions up to, and including, 2.1. 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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00209 11th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
krut1LOGIN AND REGISTRATION ATTEMPTS LIMITup to 2.1—No fix listedCNA
  • LOGIN AND REGISTRATION ATTEMPTS LIMIT Vendorkrut1 Affected up to 2.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-4532
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-65mw-h472-cfq6

References

Other 2

Sources

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