# CVE-2025-1361: Missing authorization in IP2Location Country Blocker

> Unauthenticated attackers can view plugin settings due to missing capability checks in the admin_init function.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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:** 22 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xrwv-8jhj-x69w

## What is CVE-2025-1361?

CVE-2025-1361 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in IP2Location Country Blocker, published on 22 Feb 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization), CWE-285 (Improper Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-1361?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ip2location Country Blocker.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-1361?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-1361 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-1361 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-1361 exists.

Public exploit code:

- IP2Location Country Blocker < 2.38.9 - Unauthenticated Information Disclosure (nuclei): http/cves/2025/CVE-2025-1361.yaml

## Other vulnerabilities in IP2Location Country Blocker

- [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)
- [CVE-2023-37865](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-37865/): WordPress IP2Location Country Blocker plugin <= 2.29.1 - IP Bypass Vulnerability vulnerability (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-1361 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-1361 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in IP2Location Country Blocker, published on 22 Feb 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-1361 exists.

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-2025-1361/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1361/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-1361
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1361
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-1361

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1361/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.