Country BlockerWordPress extension · Ip2location
CVE-2024-32443
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in IP2Location Download IP2Location Country Blocker.This issue affects Download IP2Location Country Blocker: from n/a through 2.34.2.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the IP2Location Country Blocker WordPress plugin (versions through 2.34.2). The flaw allows attackers to trick authenticated administrators into performing unintended actions, such as modifying blocklist settings or activating/deactivating blocking rules, by诱骗用户访问恶意页面。
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Country BlockerWordPress extension
< 2.34.3CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Check installed Ip2location Country Blocker versionIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and find the Ip2location Country Blocker entry. Note the version number displayed, or inspect the plugin main file header for the 'Version' field.Affected if The installed version is less than 2.34.3 (for example, 2.34.2, 2.34.1, 2.30.0, etc.)
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Verify admin access to the pluginNavigate to the plugin settings page (typically under Settings > IP2Location Country Blocker) while logged in as an administrator.Affected if An authenticated administrator can access the plugin admin panel, making them a potential target for CSRF attacks
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Confirm the vulnerability conditionSince this is a CSRF flaw, the attack requires an admin to inadvertently trigger a malicious request. No special configuration check is needed beyond the version check.Affected if The plugin version is below 2.34.3 and administrators use the admin panel on the same browser where they might visit untrusted sites
You are affected if the Ip2location Country Blocker plugin version is less than 2.34.3 and your site has authenticated administrators who could be tricked into clicking a malicious link while logged in.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped2.34.3
Upgrade to version 2.34.3 or later which includes anti-CSRF token verification. If immediate upgrade is not possible, ensure admin sessions are not used on shared or untrusted networks, and consider deploying additional CSRF protections at the server level.
2.34.3
- Backup your WordPress site before performing any updates
- Navigate to the WordPress admin dashboard
- Go to Plugins > Installed Plugins
- Find 'Country Blocker' (IP2Location Country Blocker) in the plugin list
- Click 'Update now' when an update is available, or manually download version 2.34.3 from the WordPress plugin repository and upload it
- Verify the plugin version after updating to confirm version 2.34.3 is installed
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
Fix this in Country Blocker
Scoped from the published advisory
- Consultation2.0 h
- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2024-32443 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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