IP2Location Country Blocker <= 2.38.8 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Information Exposure via admin_init Function

Improper Authorization
CVE CVE-2025-1361
CVSS High (7.5)
Publicly Published February 21, 2025
Last Updated February 22, 2025
Researcher abrahack
Description

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.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug ip2location-country-blocker (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.38.8
Patched Version
  • 2.38.9
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