CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-37604

MediumCVSS 6.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.66%

50th percentile - higher than 50% of all known CVEs

Summary

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.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can bypass IP-based login attempt throttling, enabling a brute force attack on the administrator account. This may lead to administrative account takeover.

Recommendation

Update pH7Builder to a version newer than 18.2.0 once a fix is available. Until then, consider configuring a trusted proxy or additional login throttling mechanisms.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS