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CVE-2025-1361: IP2Location Country Blocker <= 2.38.8 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Information Exposure via admin_init Function

7.5 CVSS

Description

The IP2Location Country Blocker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Regular Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.38.8 due to missing capability checks on the admin_init() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to view the plugin's settings.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-1361

CVSS Base Severity: HIGH

CVSS Base Score: 7.5

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

Problem Types

CWE-285 Improper Authorization

Affected Products

Vendor: ip2location

Product: IP2Location Country Blocker

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 10.5% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-03-23 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1361
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b63bc2b6-1abc-4cfa-a7e5-3995640f66a7?source=cve
https://wordpress.org/plugins/ip2location-country-blocker/#developers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ip2location-country-blocker/trunk/ip2location-country-blocker.php#L114
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3244193/

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