CVE-2023-37865 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Authentication Bypass by Spoofing vulnerability in IP2Location Download IP2Location Country Blocker allows Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs.This issue affects Download IP2Location Country Blocker: from n/a through 2.29.1.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Ip2location	Country Blocker

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ip2location:country_blocker:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/ip2location-country-blocker/wordpress-ip2location-country-blocker-plugin-2-29-1-ip-bypass-vulnerability-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

Tue, 12 Aug 2025 14:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Ip2location Ip2location country Blocker
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:ip2location:country_blocker::::::wordpress::*
Vendors & Products		Ip2location Ip2location country Blocker

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00146}`	epss `{'score': 0.00112}`

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00103}`	epss `{'score': 0.00146}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2024-06-04T07:11:42.671Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T17:23:27.597Z

Reserved: 2023-07-10T12:52:44.249Z

Link: CVE-2023-37865

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T17:23:27.597Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-06-04T07:15:43.127

Modified: 2025-08-12T14:27:53.720

Link: CVE-2023-37865

Redhat

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