CVE-2022-1762
iQ Block Country < 1.2.20 - Protection Bypass due to IP Spoofing
The iQ Block Country WordPress plugin before 1.2.20 does not properly checks HTTP headers in order to validate the origin IP address, allowing threat actors to bypass it's block feature by spoofing the headers.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The iQ Block Country WordPress plugin before 1.2.20 does not properly checks HTTP headers in order to validate the origin IP address, allowing threat actors to bypass it's block feature by spoofing the headers.
- Record
CVE-2022-1762- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
iQ Block Country < 1.2.20 - Protection Bypass due to IP Spoofing
The iQ Block Country WordPress plugin before 1.2.20 does not properly checks HTTP headers in order to validate the origin IP address, allowing threat actors to bypass it's block feature by spoofing the headers.
- Record
CVE-2022-1762- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-25043 No score
The iQ Block Country WordPress plugin before 1.2.20 does not properly checks HTTP headers in order to validate the origin IP address, allowing threat actors to bypass it's block feature by spoofing the headers.
- Record
EUVD-2022-25043- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-78xv-3xpm-3hcq
The iQ Block Country WordPress plugin through 1.2.13 does not properly checks HTTP headers in...
The iQ Block Country WordPress plugin through 1.2.13 does not properly checks HTTP headers in order to validate the origin IP address, allowing threat actors to bypass it's block feature by spoofing the headers.
- Record
GHSA-78xv-3xpm-3hcq- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-290, CWE-639
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-1762 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Unknown Iq Block Country, published June 13, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.26%, the 69th percentile. No source names a fixed version.