Audit-log IP spoofing via trusted forwarding headers
Published Apr 17, 2024 · Updated Aug 9, 2024
IP address spoofing in Dev4Press coreActivity before 2.1 allows remote attackers to falsify source addresses recorded in activity logs. The request-IP lookup trusts caller-controlled forwarding headers, including X-Forwarded-For, and stores the supplied value as the visitor address. No authentication is required; forged audit entries can misattribute hostile requests, but the flaw does not grant access or alter site content.
Summary
What happened
IP address spoofing in Dev4Press coreActivity before 2.1 allows remote attackers to falsify source addresses recorded in activity logs. The request-IP lookup trusts caller-controlled forwarding headers, including X-Forwarded-For, and stores the supplied value as the visitor address. No authentication is required; forged audit entries can misattribute hostile requests, but the flaw does not grant access or alter site content.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-0868
- Published
- Apr 17, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 9, 2024
- Vendor
- Dev4Press
- Product
- coreActivity: Activity Logging for WordPress
- Classifications
- CWE-290, T1565.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Apr 17, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 9, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <2.1
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Attacks
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Public exploit references
- WPScan forwarded-header spoofing proof of conceptproof of concept · unverified
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