CVE-2022-1613

Restricted Site Access < 7.3.2 - Access Bypass via IP Spoofing

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Published Sep 26, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

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

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

Restricted Site Access

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`7.3.2`	affected	< 7.3.2

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:10up:restricted_site_access:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-24902	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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.726% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

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

History

May 21, 2025 8:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

10up Restricted Site Access

Weaknesses

CWE-639

Sources

CVE record Updated: May 21, 2025, 7:26 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: WPScan
Published: Sep 26, 2022, 12:35 PM
Updated: May 21, 2025, 7:26 PM
Reserved: May 6, 2022, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 12:10 AM

Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 12:10 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 4:22 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Sep 26, 2022, 1:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 4:22 AM

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