Brute-force protection bypass via trusted proxy header
Published Nov 27, 2023 · Updated Aug 2, 2024
IP address spoofing in CleanTalk's Security by CleanTalk 2.120 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass brute-force login blocking. The login protection accepts the X-Forwarded-For request header as the client address and records the attacker-supplied value without restricting trusted proxies. No authentication or user interaction is required; repeated login attempts can rotate spoofed addresses to evade IP-based request logging and blocking.
Summary
What happened
IP address spoofing in CleanTalk's Security by CleanTalk 2.120 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass brute-force login blocking. The login protection accepts the X-Forwarded-For request header as the client address and records the attacker-supplied value without restricting trusted proxies. No authentication or user interaction is required; repeated login attempts can rotate spoofed addresses to evade IP-based request logging and blocking.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-5239
- Published
- Nov 27, 2023
- Updated
- Aug 2, 2024
- Vendor
- CleanTalk
- Product
- Security by CleanTalk
- Classifications
- CWE-290, T1110
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Nov 27, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 2, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <2.121
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Public exploit references
- WPScan X-Forwarded-For brute-force bypass proof of conceptproof of concept · validated
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