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CVE-2022-1614: WP-Email < 2.69.0 - Anti-Spam Protection Bypass via IP Spoofing

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-06-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-639

Description

The WP-EMail WordPress plugin before 2.69.0 prioritizes getting a visitor's IP from certain HTTP headers over PHP's REMOTE_ADDR, which makes it possible to bypass IP-based anti-spamming restrictions.

Affected products

• WP-EMail: before 2.69.0 — fixed in 2.69.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: WP-EMail 2.69.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a5940d0b-6b88-4418-87e2-02c0897bc2f1
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a5940d0b-6b88-4418-87e2-02c0897bc2f1

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