Limit Login Attempts <= 4.0.4 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2021-24657
CVSS Medium (6.1)
Publicly Published August 23, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher wuzhenyu
Description

The Limit Login Attempts WordPress plugin before 4.0.50 does not escape the IP addresses (which can be controlled by attacker via headers such as X-Forwarded-For) of attempted logins before outputting them in the reports table, leading to an Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug miniorange-limit-login-attempts (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 4.0.50
Patched Version
  • 4.0.50
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