CVE-2026-37604

medium

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 an…

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

CVSS

6.5

6.5 (CVSS v3.1)

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)

Timeline (UTC)

Published: 2026-09-22 19:16

Modified: 2026-10-05 14:17

NVD status: Deferred

Last synced 2 days ago

Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 06:55 UTC

Exploitation

Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)

Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

Not reported by the source (unknown — not "none").

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-290

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.

References

https://cybermapgroup.com/en/blog/admin-brute-force-protection-bypass-chain-in-ph7builder cve@mitre.org
https://github.com/pH7Software/pH7-Social-Dating-CMS cve@mitre.org
https://ph7builder.com cve@mitre.org
https://cybermapgroup.com/en/blog/admin-brute-force-protection-bypass-chain-in-ph7builder#... 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 06:55 UTC · record ↗

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