CVE-2026-82530
Received
Received - Intake
IP2Location Country Blocker WordPress Plugin Access Control Bypass
Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-82530, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.
Publication date: 2026-09-09
Last updated on: 2026-09-09
Assigner: VulnCheck
Description
Description
IP2Location Country Blocker plugin for WordPress before 2.45.0 contains an access control bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to circumvent IP-based restrictions by forging the X-Real-IP HTTP header. Attackers can set the X-Real-IP header to an allowlisted IP address to bypass page, link, or site-wide access restrictions and access otherwise-blocked resources.
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| ip2location | country_blocker | to 2.45.0 (exc) |
Helpful Resources
Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-290 | This attack-focused weakness is caused by incorrectly implemented authentication schemes that are subject to spoofing attacks. |
