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CVE-2022-4746: FluentAuth < 1.0.2 - Bypass blocks by IP Spoofing

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 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: 2023-01-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-290

Description

The FluentAuth WordPress plugin before 1.0.2 prioritizes getting a visitor's IP address from certain HTTP headers over PHP's REMOTE_ADDR, which makes it possible to bypass the IP-based blocks set by the plugin.

Affected products

• FluentAuth: before 1.0.2 — fixed in 1.0.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: FluentAuth 1.0.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/62e3babc-00c6-4a35-972f-8f03ba70ba32
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/62e3babc-00c6-4a35-972f-8f03ba70ba32

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