CVE-2025-12094 (GCVE-0-2025-12094)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-31 08:25 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:17
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
OOPSpam Anti-Spam: Spam Protection for WordPress Forms & Comments (No CAPTCHA) <= 1.2.53 - Unauthenticated IP Header Spoofing
Summary
The OOPSpam Anti-Spam: Spam Protection for WordPress Forms & Comments (No CAPTCHA) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Header Spoofing in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.53. This is due to the plugin trusting client-controlled forwarded headers (such as CF-Connecting-IP, X-Forwarded-For, and others) without verifying that those headers originate from legitimate, trusted proxies. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to spoof their IP address and bypass IP-based security controls, including blocked IP lists and rate limiting protections, by sending arbitrary HTTP headers with their requests.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-10-31 14:18 UTC
CWE
- CWE-693 - Protection Mechanism Failure
Assigner
References
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| oopspam | OOPSpam Anti-Spam: Spam Protection for WordPress Forms & Comments (No CAPTCHA) |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 1.2.53
(semver)
|
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