{"id":"CVE-2026-82530","title":"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","summary":"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. Attacke…","severity":"medium","cvss":5.3,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N","cwe":["CWE-290"],"vendor":"IP2Location","product":"IP2Location Country Blocker","affected":["country_blocker < 2.45.0"],"published":"2026-09-09","updated":"2026-09-09","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-09T20:16:54.383","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-82530","references":[{"url":"https://wordpress.org/plugins/ip2location-country-blocker/#developers","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ip2location-country-blocker-access-control-bypass-via-x-real-ip-header","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"yes","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-09-09T14:29:23.210572Z"},"ingestedAt":"2026-09-09T15:12:43.016Z","epss":0.00265,"epssPercentile":0.18712,"slug":"CVE-2026-82530","body":"## Overview\n\nIP2Location 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.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":29,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":29.2,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}