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2 vulnerabilities found for Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection) by wp-buy
CVE-2022-4534 (GCVE-0-2022-4534)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2024-10-08 08:33 – Updated: 2026-04-08 16:53
VLAI
Title
Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection) <= 5.3 - IP Address Spoofing to Protection Mechanism Bypass
Summary
The Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Address Spoofing in versions up to, and including, 5.3. This is due to insufficient restrictions on where the IP Address information is being retrieved for request logging and login restrictions. Attackers can supply the X-Forwarded-For header with with a different IP Address that will be logged and can be used to bypass settings that may have blocked out an IP address or country from logging in.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- CWE-348 - Use of Less Trusted Source
Assigner
References
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| wp-buy | Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection) |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 5.3
(semver)
|
|
| wp-buy | limit_login_attempts |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 5.3
(custom)
cpe:2.3:a:wp-buy:limit_login_attempts:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Credits
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CVE-2022-4534 (GCVE-0-2022-4534)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-10-08 08:33 – Updated: 2026-04-08 16:53
VLAI
Title
Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection) <= 5.3 - IP Address Spoofing to Protection Mechanism Bypass
Summary
The Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Address Spoofing in versions up to, and including, 5.3. This is due to insufficient restrictions on where the IP Address information is being retrieved for request logging and login restrictions. Attackers can supply the X-Forwarded-For header with with a different IP Address that will be logged and can be used to bypass settings that may have blocked out an IP address or country from logging in.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- CWE-348 - Use of Less Trusted Source
Assigner
References
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| wp-buy | Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection) |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 5.3
(semver)
|
|
| wp-buy | limit_login_attempts |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 5.3
(custom)
cpe:2.3:a:wp-buy:limit_login_attempts:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Credits
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