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CVE-2022-1762: iQ Block Country < 1.2.20 - Protection Bypass due to 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: 2022-06-13 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The iQ Block Country WordPress plugin before 1.2.20 does not properly checks HTTP headers in order to validate the origin IP address, allowing threat actors to bypass it's block feature by spoofing the headers.

Affected products

• iQ Block Country: through 1.2.13

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/03254977-37cc-4365-979b-326f9637be85
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/03254977-37cc-4365-979b-326f9637be85

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