Limit Login Attempts < 4.0.50 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
CVE-2021-24657

6.1MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
Limit Login Attempts
Vendor
CVE Published:
20 September 2021

What is CVE-2021-24657?

The Limit Login Attempts WordPress plugin before 4.0.50 does not escape the IP addresses (which can be controlled by attacker via headers such as X-Forwarded-For) of attempted logins before outputting them in the reports table, leading to an Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue.

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Affected Version(s)

Limit Login Attempts 4.0.50

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c789ca04-d88c-4789-8be1-...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.1
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

wuzhenyu
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