Spam Free WordPress <= 1.9.3 - IP Protection Bypass

Improper Access Control
CVE Not available
CVSS Medium (5.3)
Publicly Published January 5, 2013
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Akastep
Description

The Spam Free WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Protection Bypass in versions up to, and including, 1.9.3 via the sfw_comment_post_authentication() function due to the fact that the plugin relies on a value that can be user-supplied ('comment_ip' parameter) for the IP address that is checked against the blocklist. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass comment restrictions

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug spam-free-wordpress (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.9.3
Patched Version
  • 2.0
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