Limit Login Attempts <= 1.7.1 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2023-1912
CVSS High (7.2)
Publicly Published April 6, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Marco Wotschka
Description

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.

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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