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CVE-2022-1613: Restricted Site Access < 7.3.2 - Access Bypass via IP Spoofing

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-09-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-639

Description

The Restricted Site Access WordPress plugin before 7.3.2 prioritizes getting a visitor's IP from certain HTTP headers over PHP's REMOTE_ADDR, which makes it possible to bypass IP-based limitations in certain situations.

Affected products

• 10up Restricted Site Access: before 7.3.2 — fixed in 7.3.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: 10up Restricted Site Access 7.3.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c03863ef-9ac9-402b-8f8d-9559c9988e2b
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c03863ef-9ac9-402b-8f8d-9559c9988e2b

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