Limit Login Attempts <= 1.7.1 - Authenticated(Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2023-1861
CVSS Medium (6.4)
Publicly Published April 10, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Marc-Alexandre Montpas
Description

The Limit Login Attempts plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 1.7.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping when displaying usernames on the log page. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with subscriber-level permissions or above to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever an administrator accesses the plugin's settings page.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug limit-login-attempts (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.7.1
Patched Version
  • 1.7.2
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