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    2 vulnerabilities found for Limit Login Attempts by automattic

    CVE-2023-1912 (GCVE-0-2023-1912)

    Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2023-04-06 14:37 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:23
    VLAI
    Title
    Limit Login Attempts <= 1.7.1 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
    Summary
    The Limit Login Attempts plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via its lock logging feature in versions up to, and including, 1.7.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever an administrator accesses the plugin's settings page. This only works when the plugin prioritizes use of the X-FORWARDED-FOR header, which can be configured in its settings.
    Severity
    7.2 (High)
    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    SSVC
    Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
    CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
    CWE
    • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
    Assigner
    References
    Impacted products
    Vendor Product Version
    automattic Limit Login Attempts Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.7.1 (semver)
    		Create a notification for this product.
    Credits
    Marco Wotschka
    Show details on NVD website
    To clipboard 

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    CVE-2023-1912 (GCVE-0-2023-1912)

    Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-04-06 14:37 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:23
    VLAI
    Title
    Limit Login Attempts <= 1.7.1 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
    Summary
    The Limit Login Attempts plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via its lock logging feature in versions up to, and including, 1.7.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever an administrator accesses the plugin's settings page. This only works when the plugin prioritizes use of the X-FORWARDED-FOR header, which can be configured in its settings.
    Severity
    7.2 (High)
    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    SSVC
    Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
    CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
    CWE
    • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
    Assigner
    References
    Impacted products
    Vendor Product Version
    automattic Limit Login Attempts Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.7.1 (semver)
    		Create a notification for this product.
    Credits
    Marco Wotschka
    Show details on NVD website
    To clipboard 

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