CVE•Published 2025-02-22•1 article on news•7 live references•NVD data

CVE-2025-1361

Vulnerability data via CVEDB (Shodan)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

HIGH

EPSS percentile

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 34% of all CVEs

Description

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() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to view the plugin's settings.

Timeline

Published 2025-02-22

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB GitHub PoC Sploitus trickest/cve VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts

vuln:CVE-2025-1361

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · WP plugin path

http.html:"/wp-content/plugins/country-blocker/"

Matches any site loading the "country-blocker" plugin — doesn't rely on Shodan's vuln tag.

Shodan · product

product:"Ip2location Country Blocker"

All exposed Ip2location Country Blocker instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"Country Blocker"

HTTP body or banner mentions "Country Blocker" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.