WordPress IP2Location Country Blocker plugin <= 2.29.1 - IP Bypass Vulnerability vulnerability

published 2024-06-04 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-41739

cvss: 5.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 36%
public exploits: 0; none known

Authentication Bypass by Spoofing vulnerability in IP2Location Download IP2Location Country Blocker allows Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs.This issue affects Download IP2Location Country Blocker: from n/a through 2.29.1.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

IP2Location Download IP2Location Country Blocker 2.29.2

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-06-04)

Exploit prediction

0.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 36% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	5.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Affected products

IP2Location Download IP2Location Country Blocker

Classification

Weakness

CWE-290 Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

patchstack.com /database/vulnerability/ip2location-country-blocker/wordpress-ip2location-country-blocker-plugin-2-29-1-ip-byp
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-37865
NVD CVE-2023-37865

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Summary