WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

User Activity <= 1.0.1 - IP Spoofing

Description

The plugin checks headers such as the X-Forwarded-For to retrieve the IP address of the request, which could lead to IP spoofing

Proof of Concept

1. Send login request with x-forwarded-for: [REDACTED_IP]

2. Show spoofed IP address in the dashboard (OWASP A09:2021 – Security Logging and Monitoring Failures)

Affects Plugins

No known fix

References

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
rezaduty
Submitter
rezaduty
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2023-02-03 (about 1 years ago)
Added
2023-02-03 (about 1 years ago)
Last Updated
2023-02-03 (about 1 years ago)

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