๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-82530

MEDIUM 5.3

IP2Location Country Blocker < 2.45.0 Access Control Bypass via X-Real-IP Header

CVSS Score
5.3
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

IP2Location Country Blocker plugin for WordPress before 2.45.0 contains an access control bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to circumvent IP-based restrictions by forging the X-Real-IP HTTP header. Attackers can set the X-Real-IP header to an allowlisted IP address to bypass page, link, or site-wide access restrictions and access otherwise-blocked resources.

CWE CWE-290
Vendor ip2location
Product ip2location country blocker
Published Sep 9, 2026
Last Updated Sep 9, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Affected Versions

IP2Location / IP2Location Country Blocker
0 < 2.45.0

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
wordpress.org: https://wordpress.org/plugins/ip2location-country-blocker/#developers vulncheck.com: https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ip2location-country-blocker-access-control-bypass-via-x-real-ip-header

Credits

AmirSUN