FluentAuth: A security weakness
FluentAuth is affected by a security weakness. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- FluentAuth
- Plugin slug
fluentauth- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Jan 23, 2023
This CVE was published Jan 23, 2023 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update FluentAuth to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical 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.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N