iQ Block Country <= 1.2.18 - Country Blocking Bypass

Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness
CVE CVE-2022-41155
CVSS Medium (5.3)
Publicly Published September 26, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Description

The iQ Block Country plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Country Blocking Bypass in versions up to, and including, 1.2.18. This is due to the improperly implemented login page verification check in the iqblockcountry_is_login_page function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass the country block by including the string 'wp-login' in the URL.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug iq-block-country (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.2.18
Patched Version
  • 1.2.19
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