{"id":"CVE-2026-37604","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-37604","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T01:42:49.965Z","title":"Because the admin login attempt counter and lockout are keyed on this value, a remote unauthenticated attacker bypasses IP-based throttling by sending a different X-Forwarded-For value per request","description":"pH7Software pH7Builder (pH7 Social Dating CMS) through 18.2.0 resolves the client IP address in _protected/framework/Ip/Ip.class.php from the HTTP_CLIENT_IP and HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR headers without verifying the request comes from a trusted proxy. Because the admin login attempt counter and lockout are keyed on this value, a remote unauthenticated attacker bypasses IP-based throttling by sending a different X-Forwarded-For value per request","published":"2026-09-22T19:16:43.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-05T14:17:21.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-290"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00452,"percentile":0.39034,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[{"date":"2026-09-23","score":0.00336,"percentile":0.2712}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.45%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[{"kind":"scored","label":"Newly scored","at":"2026-10-05T14:30:06.000Z","detail":{"from":"9.8","score":"6.5","severity":"MEDIUM","fromSeverity":"CRITICAL"},"summary":"Now scored CVSS 6.5 MEDIUM (was 9.8)."},{"kind":"scored","label":"Newly scored","at":"2026-09-23T16:45:12.000Z","detail":{"from":null,"score":"9.8","severity":"CRITICAL","fromSeverity":null},"summary":"Now scored CVSS 6.5 MEDIUM."},{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-09-22T19:16:43.000Z","detail":{"score":null,"severity":null,"publishedAt":"2026-09-22T19:16:43.493Z"},"summary":"New CVE, medium severity (CVSS 6.5)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://cybermapgroup.com/en/blog/admin-brute-force-protection-bypass-chain-in-ph7builder","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/pH7Software/pH7-Social-Dating-CMS","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://ph7builder.com","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://cybermapgroup.com/en/blog/admin-brute-force-protection-bypass-chain-in-ph7builder#112-step-by-step-verification","source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-37604","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}