Is CVE-2022-4534 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-4534 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-4534?

CVE-2022-4534 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-4534?

CVE-2022-4534 has an EPSS score of 0.34% (26th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix or mitigate CVE-2022-4534?

No published fix for CVE-2022-4534 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-4534

MEDIUM

5.3

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Address Spoofing in versions up to, and including, 5.3. This is due to insufficient restrictions on where the IP Address information is being retrieved for request logging and login restrictions. Attackers can supply the X-Forwarded-For header with with a different IP Address that will be logged and can be used to bypass settings that may have blocked out an IP address or country from logging in.

CWE-348

How to fix

No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.34%probability of exploitation in 30 days

26thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 26% of all known CVEs.

References

Other references3

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CVE-2025-59951	Critical	9.1	4.7%	-	-
CVE-2022-31813	Critical	9.8	3.1%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-45410	Critical	9.8	1.5%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-21373	High	7.5	1.2%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-21374	High	8.1	1.0%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-2255	High	7.5	0.7%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-10-10.