# CVE-2024-22294: WordPress Download IP2Location Country Blocker Plugin <= 2.33.3 is vulnerable to Sensitive Data Exposure

> An attacker can access sensitive information from the IP2Location Country Blocker WordPress plugin without authorization.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 24 Jan 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-v6qc-f595-6qvv

## What is CVE-2024-22294?

CVE-2024-22294 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IP2Location Country Blocker, published on 24 Jan 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in IP2Location IP2Location Country Blocker.This issue affects IP2Location Country Blocker: from n/a through 2.33.3.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-22294?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ip2location Country Blocker.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-22294?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-22294 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-22294 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-22294 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IP2Location Country Blocker

- [CVE-2025-1361](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1361/): Missing authorization in IP2Location Country Blocker (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2021-25095](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-25095/): IP2Location Country Blocker < 2.26.5 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Country Ban (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2021-25108](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-25108/): IP2Location Country Blocker < 2.26.6 - Arbitrary Country Ban via CSRF (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2021-25096](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-25096/): IP2Location Country Blocker < 2.26.5 - Ban Bypass (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2025-24731](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-24731/): WordPress IP2Location Country Blocker plugin <= 2.38.3 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (medium 5.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-22294 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-22294 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IP2Location Country Blocker, published on 24 Jan 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-22294 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IP2Location Country Blocker. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-22294/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-22294/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-22294
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-22294
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-22294

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-22294/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.