Antispam Bee <= 2.11.3 - IP Address Spoofing via get_client_ip

5.3
Reliance on Untrusted Inputs in a Security Decision
CVE CVE-2023-41134
CVSS 5.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published November 27, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Mika

Description

The Antispam Bee plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Address Spoofing in all versions up to, and including, 2.11.3 due to use of user-supplied HTTP headers as a primary method for IP retrieval. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass country blocking.

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Vulnerability Details for Antispam Bee

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug antispam-bee (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 2.11.4, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 2.11.3
Patched Version
  • 2.11.4

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