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CVE-2026-22201

Published: Mar 13, 2026

Modified: Mar 13, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

5.3

MEDIUM

Description

wpDiscuz before 7.6.47 contains an IP spoofing vulnerability in the getIP() function that allows attackers to bypass IP-based rate limiting and ban enforcement by trusting untrusted HTTP headers. Attackers can set HTTP_CLIENT_IP or HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR headers to spoof their IP address and circumvent security controls.

VendorProductVersions

gVectors

wpDiscuz

affected
0 - < 7.6.47
unaffected
7.6.47

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-348

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

References

wpDiscuz
product

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