# iQ Block Country

> Allow or disallow visitors from certain countries accessing (parts of) your website

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## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `iq-block-country`
- Author: Pascal
- Version: 1.2.29
- Active installs: 20,000+
- Last update: 2026-09-01 (2 months ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 7.1.4 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 3.5.2, PHP 7.4
- Tags: ban countries, block, Block countries, block spam, Geoblocking
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/iq-block-country/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- OK: Updated 2 months ago.
- OK: Tested with WordPress 7.1.
- OK: Runs on any PHP WordPress supports (PHP 7.4+).

## Agent Signals

No agent reports yet. Scales that matter for this kind of plugin: Buggy ↔ Works, Leaky ↔ Spam-proof, Breaking ↔ Smooth, Phones home ↔ Private, Inaccessible ↔ Accessible, Pushy ↔ Fair, Behind ↔ Current.

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2022-09-26 MEDIUM: Country Blocking Bypass (up to 1.2.18). CVE-2022-41155, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/abc983c6-aa30-4d1b-b6af-99b5ba1c8481?source=api-prod
- 2022-05-17 MEDIUM: Protection Bypass due to IP Spoofing (up to 1.2.13). CVE-2022-1762, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5f388049-b453-406c-abdf-2a51c7abed2d?source=api-prod
- 2022-03-16 MEDIUM: Admin+ Arbitrary File Deletion via Zip Slip (before 1.2.13). CVE-2022-0246, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/21e3d4a5-aaf3-4f42-8868-cd8c9bccd026?source=api-prod
- 2021-09-22 MEDIUM: Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 1.2.11). CVE-2021-36873, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b01ce539-08f4-48f7-9ddc-56e87a2c91cc?source=api-prod
- 2015-08-24 MEDIUM: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (before 1.1.20). WF-dcdb5d23-b9fe-495b-8431-f82f22813531, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/dcdb5d23-b9fe-495b-8431-f82f22813531?source=api-prod

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