WordPress CVEs

Description

The Limit Login Attempts WordPress plugin before 4.0.72 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, leading to malicious users with administrator privileges to store malicious Javascript code leading to Cross-Site Scripting attacks when unfiltered_html is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

Affected WordPress components

• Limit Login Attempts Plugin · limit-login-attempts
  Possible match Abandoned
  From 4.0.72 (including) to 4.0.72 (excluding)
  View on WordPress.org
• Limit Login Attempts Plugin · login-attempt-limit
  Possible match Abandoned
  From 4.0.72 (including) to 4.0.72 (excluding)
  View on WordPress.org

A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.

Affected products and versions

• Unknown Limit Login Attempts — From 4.0.72 (including) to 4.0.72 (excluding)
• miniorange limit_login_attempts — Before 4.0.72

References

• wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0e74eeb4-89e2-4873-904f-ad4f25c4a8ba Exploit, Third Party Advisory
• nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record