CVE-2025-3766 (GCVE-0-2025-3766)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-07 04:22 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:14
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Login Lockdown & Protection <= 2.11 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary IP Whitelisting
Summary
The Login Lockdown & Protection plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized nonce access due to a missing capability check on the ajax_run_tool function in all versions up to, and including, 2.11. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to obtain a valid nonce that can be used to generate a global unlock key, which can in turn be used to add arbitrary IP address to the plugin allowlist. This can only by exploited on new installations where the site administrator hasn't visited the loginlockdown page yet.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-05-07 13:20 UTC
CWE
- CWE-862 - Missing Authorization
Assigner
References
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| webfactory | Login Lockdown & Protection |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 2.11
(semver)
|
guessed |
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