CVE-2025-1361: The IP2Location Country Blocker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Regular Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.38.8 due to missing capability checks on the admin_init() fun

high Affects ip2location-country-blocker (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published 2025-02-22; advisory modified 2026-06-17.

The IP2Location Country Blocker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Regular Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.38.8 due to missing capability checks on the admin_init() fun

Package: ip2location-country-blocker (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions: <2.38.9
Fixed in: 2.38.9
Severity: high CVSS 7.5
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (70.4th percentile)
Published: 2025-02-22
Source: nvd

References

CWE-285 CWE-862

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